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1 devilish
['devəlɪʃ]aggettivo diabolico (anche fig.)* * *devilish /ˈdɛvəlɪʃ/A a.1 diabolico; malvagio: a devilish plot, un piano diabolico; devilish creatures, creature diaboliche; a devilish deed, un'azione malvagiaB avv.(fam. antiq.) terribilmente: devilish difficult, terribilmente difficile; It's devilish cold, fa un freddo del diavolo; It's devilish hard to understand what he says, si fa una fatica del diavolo a capire quello che dicedevilishly avv. devilishness n. [u].* * *['devəlɪʃ]aggettivo diabolico (anche fig.) -
2 fiendish
['fiːndɪʃ]2) (ingenious) [ plan] diabolico, ingegnoso* * *1) (wicked or devilish: a fiendish temper.) diabolico2) (very difficult, clever etc: a fiendish plan.) diabolico* * *fiendish /ˈfi:ndɪʃ/a.1 diabolico; demoniaco2 diabolico; scellerato; empio; crudele4 (fam.) difficilissimo; tremendofiendishly avv. fiendishness n. [u].* * *['fiːndɪʃ]2) (ingenious) [ plan] diabolico, ingegnoso
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devilish — ► ADJECTIVE 1) like a devil in evil and cruelty. 2) mischievous. 3) very difficult to deal with. ► ADVERB informal, dated ▪ very; extremely: a devilish clever chap. DERIVATIVES devilishly adverb devilishness … English terms dictionary
devilish — [[t]de̱vəlɪʃ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A devilish idea or action is cruel or unpleasant. The Gulf war showed the devilish destructiveness of modern conventional weapons. Syn: atrocious 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (emphasis) You can use devilish… … English dictionary
devilish — dev|il|ish1 [ devlıʃ ] adjective 1. ) evil or intended for an evil purpose: a devilish plot 2. ) intended to cause trouble, but not in a serious way: a devilish grin 3. ) INFORMAL used for emphasizing how difficult or unpleasant something is… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
devilish — dev|il|ish [ˈdevəlıʃ] adj 1.) literary very bad, difficult, or unpleasant ▪ devilish schemes to cheat people 2.) seeming likely to cause trouble, but in a way that is amusing or attractive ▪ Dalton looked at her with a devilish grin … Dictionary of contemporary English
devilish — adjective 1) a devilish grin Syn: diabolical, fiendish, demonic, satanic, demoniac, demoniacal; hellish, infernal; mischievous, wicked, impish, roguish 2) a devilish job Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
devilish — I UK [ˈdev(ə)lɪʃ] / US adjective 1) evil, or intended for an evil purpose a devilish plot 2) intended to cause trouble, but not in a serious way a devilish grin 3) informal used for emphasizing how difficult or unpleasant something is II UK… … English dictionary
devilish — adjective very bad, difficult, or unpleasant: devilish schemes … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
devilish — adjective like or appropriate to a devil in evil and cruelty. ↘mischievous and rakish. ↘very difficult to deal with or use. adverb informal, dated very; extremely. Derivatives devilishly adverb devilishness noun … English new terms dictionary
have a devilish time — informal + somewhat old fashioned : to have a difficult time doing something We had a devilish time finding a parking space. • • • Main Entry: ↑devilish … Useful english dictionary
devilishly — devilish ► ADJECTIVE 1) like a devil in evil and cruelty. 2) mischievous. 3) very difficult to deal with. ► ADVERB informal, dated ▪ very; extremely: a devilish clever chap. DERIVATIVES devilishly adverb devilishness … English terms dictionary
devilishness — devilish ► ADJECTIVE 1) like a devil in evil and cruelty. 2) mischievous. 3) very difficult to deal with. ► ADVERB informal, dated ▪ very; extremely: a devilish clever chap. DERIVATIVES devilishly adverb devilishness … English terms dictionary