devilish
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adjective- 1.
Resembling a devil.
Đồng nghĩa: demoniac, demonic, diabolic, diabolical, hellish, infernal, fiendish, satanic, satanical, unhallowed, cacodaemoniacal, daemonical, demoniac, demoniacal, demonic, demonical, demonish, demonlike, demonly, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, fallen angelic, fiendlike, satanic, satanical
- 2.
Evil, wicked.
Đồng nghĩa: atrocious, deuced, malicious, mischievous, nefarious, ogreish, reprobate, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful, scurrilous, baneful, base, black-hearted, dark, deleterious, demonic, depraved, despicable, detrimental, devilish, diabolical, evil, evil-minded, facinorous, flagitious, harmful, heinous, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, immoral, incorrigible, iniquitous, iniquous, injurious, knavish, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, naughty, nefarious, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, no-good, peccaminous, pernicious, reprehensible, reprobate, satanic, scathful, sinful, sinister, sordid, sullen, ungodly, unholy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong
- 3.
Roguish or mischievous.
a devilish grin
Đồng nghĩa: cheeky, impish, naughty
- 4.
(informal)Excessive, extreme.
A devilish effort yielded a devilish success.
I had a devilish time moving the wardrobe downstairs.
Đồng nghĩa: lavish, wanton, devilish, excessive, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, intemperate, lavish, nimious, obscene, overmuch, overweening, over the top, prodigal, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, unrestrained, wanton
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adverb- 1.
(dated, informal)Devilishly; very; exceedingly.
It was devilish hot outside today.
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From Middle English develissh, develyssh, equivalent to devil + -ish. Cognate with düvelsk, düüwelsk (devilish), duvelsk, duivels, düvelsk, teuflisch, djævelsk, djävulsk, djevelsk.