devilish

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

devilish (comparative more devilish, superlative most devilish)

Resembling a devil.
Characteristic of a devil.
a devilish grin
(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

Translations

resembling or characteristic of a devil

Bulgarian: дяволски (bg) (djavolski), сатанински (bg) (sataninski)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 惡魔般的 , ^{(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)

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) (strachoten)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 非常 (zh) (fēicháng)
Dutch: deksels (nl), duivels (nl), verduiveld (nl)
French: infernal (fr), diabolique (fr)
German: teuflisch (de)

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)

Korean: ^{(please verify)} 악마 같은 (angma gateun)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} diabólico

Adverb

devilish (comparative more devilish, superlative most devilish)

(informal) Devilishly; very; exceedingly.
It was devilish hot outside today.

Translations

devilishly — see devilishly

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