adjective
adverb
Other Word Forms
- devilishly adverb
- devilishness noun
- superdevilish adjective
- superdevilishly adverb
- superdevilishness noun
- undevilish adjective
Etymology
Origin of devilish
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; devil, -ish 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The U.S. soybean market has become a “secondary player” on the global market due to the trade war with China, Newsom said, and this won’t change unless Mother Nature gets “devilish with Brazil’s 2026 crop.”
From MarketWatch
How wordplay and devilish games of deduction can be as satisfying to the soul as a song.
Australian scientists have discovered a new native bee species with tiny horns - and given it a suitably devilish name.
From BBC
I wasn’t into the devilish holiday, but I was also free and hungry, so I rolled right into the Thanksgiving date trap.
From Salon
It doesn’t make the devilish, insane and extreme “Dracula” any easier to take as a skewering of sensibilities and conventions.
From Los Angeles Times
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
