fiendish
adjective
diabolically cruel and wicked.
fiendishness
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a word derived from
fiendish.
Example Sentences
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It had to outlast Peru in an intercontinental playoff on eccentric penalty kicks most noted for how a reserve Australian goalkeeper danced around with a fine fiendishness.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
Her grins betray pride in her work and in her own fiendishness, blending her callous coltishness with a midcareer self-assurance.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2019
While many saw fiendishness in the tournament selection committee setting this matchup, Richard Pitino saw nothing but geeky stuff.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2019
Over Isaiah Barr’s warbling tenor saxophone and a minor, downward crawl from the bassist Walter Stinson, Mr. Hakim was whispery and coy, suggesting both innocence and fiendishness.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2018
He saw the lights as before, saw them dancing and pirouetting before his eyes, and suddenly whisk away, as though satiated with their fiendishness.
From Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance by Marcus Horton
