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Dictionary: fiend·ish   (fēn'dĭsh) pronunciation
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adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of a fiend; diabolical.
  2. Extremely wicked or cruel.
  3. Extremely bad, disagreeable, or difficult: a fiendish blizzard; a fiendish problem.
fiendishly fiend'ish·ly adv.
fiendishness fiend'ish·ness n.

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adjective

    Perversely bad, cruel, or wicked: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, ghoulish, hellish, infernal, ogreish, satanic, satanical. See kind/cruel.

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IN BRIEF: Evil or cruel.

pronunciation The large dog appeared to be fiendish as it appeared in the light of the campfire.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
  Synonyms: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy

 
 
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