devilish

English

Etymology

From Middle English develissh; equivalent to devil +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĕvʹəl, IPA^(key): /ˈdɛvəlɪʃ/

Adjective

devilish (comparative more devilish, superlative most devilish)

1. Resembling a devil.
2. Characteristic of a devil.

   a devilish grin

3. (informal) Extreme, excessive.

   A devilish effort yielded a devilish success.

Synonyms

• (resembling a devil): atrocious, demoniac, deuced, diabolic, evil, fiendish, ghoulish, malicious, mischievous, nefarious, ogreish, reprobate, unhallowed, wicked
• (characteristic of a devil): demonic, diabolic, diabolical, hellish, infernal, satanic, satanical
• (extreme): excessive, extreme.

Derived terms

• devilishly
• devilishness

Translations

resembling or characteristic of a devil

• Bulgarian: дяволски (bg) (djavolski), сатанински (bg) (sataninski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 惡魔般的／恶魔般的 , ^{(please verify)} 恶魔般的 (èmóbānde)

• Dutch: duivels (nl), diabolisch (nl), satanisch (nl)
• French: diabolique (fr)
• German: teuflisch (de)
• Greek: διαβολικός (el) (diavolikós)
• Hungarian: ördögi (hu), sátáni (hu)
• Italian: diabolico (it)
• Japanese: 悪魔的 (akumateki), 残忍 (ja) (zannin)
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• Norwegian: djevelsk
• Polish: diabelski (pl) m, diaboliczny (pl)
• Portuguese: diabólico (pt)
• Quechua: millaymana
• Russian: дья́вольский (ru) (dʹjávolʹskij), чёртовый (ru) (čórtovyj), черто́вский (ru) (čertóvskij), сатани́нский (ru) (satanínskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ђаволаст, враголаст

  Roman: đavolast (sh), vragolast (sh)

• Spanish: diabólico
• Swedish: djävulsk (sv), diabolisk (sv)

extreme, excessive

• Bulgarian: голям (bg) (goljam), страхотен (bg) (strahoten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非常 (zh) (fēicháng)

• Dutch: deksels (nl), duivels (nl), verduiveld (nl)
• French: infernal (fr), diabolique (fr)
• German: teuflisch (de)
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• Hungarian: pokoli (hu), állati (hu)
• Japanese: 非常 (ja) (hijō)
• Portuguese: extremo (pt)
• Russian: черто́вский (ru) (čertóvskij), дья́вольский (ru) (dʹjávolʹskij), а́дский (ru) (ádskij), стра́шный (ru) (strášnyj)
• Swedish: djävlig (sv), jävlig (sv), djävulsk (sv)

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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שטני (st'any)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} diabolico (it)
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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 악마 같은 (angma gateun)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} diabólico

Adverb

devilish (comparative more devilish, superlative most devilish)

1. (informal) Devilishly; very; exceedingly.

   It was devilish hot outside today.

Translations

devilishly — see devilishly