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fiend⋅ish

[feen-dish]
–adjective
diabolically cruel and wicked.

Origin:
1520–30; fiend + -ish 1


fiend⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
fiend⋅ish⋅ness, noun
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fiend·ish   (fēn'dĭsh)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of a fiend; diabolical.

  2. Extremely wicked or cruel.

  3. Extremely bad, disagreeable, or difficult: a fiendish blizzard; a fiendish problem.

fiend'ish·ly adv., fiend'ish·ness n.
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