fiendishadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈfiːndɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈfindɪʃ/

Etymology: formed as fiend v. + -ish suffix¹.

Resembling, or characteristic of, a fiend; superhumanly cruel and malignant. Also as adv., excessively, horribly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adjective] > superhumanly

fiendisha1535

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective]

hateleOE

balefulOE

swartOE

hatelyOE

ill-willinga1300

illc1330

ill-willeda1340

evil-willya1382

hatefula1400

malignc1429

malicea1500

maltalentivea1500

malevolent1509

malevolous1531

fiendisha1535

ill asposit1535

ill-givena1568

malignant1592

ill-affecteda1599

unpleasant1603

manless?1609

evil-affected1611

ill-willy1611

ill-meaning1633

ill-natured1645

swarthy1651

unbenign1651

reptile1653

sullen1676

maligning1687

unbenevolent1694

reptilian1855

unbenignant1856

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively

cruellyc1385

overa1400

fullc1400

parlouslyc1425

mortalc1440

perilousc1440

spitefulc1450

devilish1560

pestilently1567

spitefully1567

cruel1573

parlous1575

deadly1589

intolerable?1593

fellc1600

perditlya1632

excessively1634

devilishly1635

desperate1636

woundya1639

woundlya1644

desperately1653

wicked1663

killing1672

woundily1706

wounded1753

mortally1759

dreadful1762

intolerably1768

perishing1776

tremendously1776

terrifically1777

diabolically1792

woundedly1794

thundering1809

all-firedly1833

preponderously1835

painfully1839

deadlilya1843

severely1854

furiously1856

diabolish1858

fiendish1861

demonish1867

sinfully1869

fiendishly1879

thunderingly1885

only too1889

nightmarishly1891

God almighty1906

Christ almighty1945

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xv. sig. I.i^v This woman was so fiendyshe.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 46 It has a fiendish look.

1823 W. M. Praed Troubadour ii. 563 And Satan will grin with a fiendish glee.

1838 R. Southey Thalaba (ed. 4) viii. x, in Poet. Wks. IV. 281 Through the vampire corpse He thrust his lance..And..Its fiendish tenant fled.

1861 W. James Let. Sept. (1920) I. 38 I have noticed fleeting shades of expression on her face..unhuman, ghoul~like, fiendish-cunning!

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. 74 The fiendish brutalities practised by him.

1891 S. Hale Lett. (1919) 258 As all the Continent is fiendish cold, we did wisely.

in extended use.1836 C. Kingsley Psyche in Lett. & Memories (1877) I. 35 The wavy lightning glared over the sea with fiendish light.

Derivatives

ˈfiendishly adv. (also in trivial use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively

cruellyc1385

overa1400

fullc1400

parlouslyc1425

mortalc1440

perilousc1440

spitefulc1450

devilish1560

pestilently1567

spitefully1567

cruel1573

parlous1575

deadly1589

intolerable?1593

fellc1600

perditlya1632

excessively1634

devilishly1635

desperate1636

woundya1639

woundlya1644

desperately1653

wicked1663

killing1672

woundily1706

wounded1753

mortally1759

dreadful1762

intolerably1768

perishing1776

tremendously1776

terrifically1777

diabolically1792

woundedly1794

thundering1809

all-firedly1833

preponderously1835

painfully1839

deadlilya1843

severely1854

furiously1856

diabolish1858

fiendish1861

demonish1867

sinfully1869

fiendishly1879

thunderingly1885

only too1889

nightmarishly1891

God almighty1906

Christ almighty1945

1879 E. Nesbit Let. in D. L. Moore E. Nesbit (1933) iii. 47 Remember I am fiendishly busy sometimes.

1951 Mind 60 428 A correlation of observations, fiendishly difficult in practice.

ˈfiendishness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [noun] > superhuman

fiendishness1613

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [noun]

evil willc897

leth971

loathc1175

atterness?c1225

ill1303

maltalentc1330

ill-willingnessa1340

talenta1380

malignityc1390

ill willa1400

with hard (also sorry) gracec1405

malevolencec1454

malignation?c1500

malignitiesa1529

hatefulness1548

malignance1605

fiendishness1613

malevolency1635

malignancy1640

fellness1678

malevolentness1727

malignantness1727

reptilism1821

unbenignity1867

1613 Bp. J. Hall Holy Panegyrick 39 Those Dames which vnder a cloke of modestie..hide nothing but pride, and fiendishnesse.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. ii. 78 A smile That kindled to more fiendishness Her hideous features.

1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare viii A calm and dignified silence is the best answer to the fiendishness of thirteen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fiendish
释义	fiendishadj.adv. Brit. /ˈfiːndɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfindɪʃ/ Etymology: formed as fiend v. + -ish suffix¹. Resembling, or characteristic of, a fiend; superhumanly cruel and malignant. Also as adv., excessively, horribly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adjective] > superhumanly fiendisha1535 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective] hateleOE balefulOE swartOE hatelyOE ill-willinga1300 illc1330 ill-willeda1340 evil-willya1382 hatefula1400 malignc1429 malicea1500 maltalentivea1500 malevolent1509 malevolous1531 fiendisha1535 ill asposit1535 ill-givena1568 malignant1592 ill-affecteda1599 unpleasant1603 manless?1609 evil-affected1611 ill-willy1611 ill-meaning1633 ill-natured1645 swarthy1651 unbenign1651 reptile1653 sullen1676 maligning1687 unbenevolent1694 reptilian1855 unbenignant1856 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively cruellyc1385 overa1400 fullc1400 parlouslyc1425 mortalc1440 perilousc1440 spitefulc1450 devilish1560 pestilently1567 spitefully1567 cruel1573 parlous1575 deadly1589 intolerable?1593 fellc1600 perditlya1632 excessively1634 devilishly1635 desperate1636 woundya1639 woundlya1644 desperately1653 wicked1663 killing1672 woundily1706 wounded1753 mortally1759 dreadful1762 intolerably1768 perishing1776 tremendously1776 terrifically1777 diabolically1792 woundedly1794 thundering1809 all-firedly1833 preponderously1835 painfully1839 deadlilya1843 severely1854 furiously1856 diabolish1858 fiendish1861 demonish1867 sinfully1869 fiendishly1879 thunderingly1885 only too1889 nightmarishly1891 God almighty1906 Christ almighty1945 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xv. sig. I.i^v This woman was so fiendyshe. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 46 It has a fiendish look. 1823 W. M. Praed Troubadour ii. 563 And Satan will grin with a fiendish glee. 1838 R. Southey Thalaba (ed. 4) viii. x, in Poet. Wks. IV. 281 Through the vampire corpse He thrust his lance..And..Its fiendish tenant fled. 1861 W. James Let. Sept. (1920) I. 38 I have noticed fleeting shades of expression on her face..unhuman, ghoul~like, fiendish-cunning! 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. 74 The fiendish brutalities practised by him. 1891 S. Hale Lett. (1919) 258 As all the Continent is fiendish cold, we did wisely. in extended use.1836 C. Kingsley Psyche in Lett. & Memories (1877) I. 35 The wavy lightning glared over the sea with fiendish light. Derivatives ˈfiendishly adv. (also in trivial use). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively cruellyc1385 overa1400 fullc1400 parlouslyc1425 mortalc1440 perilousc1440 spitefulc1450 devilish1560 pestilently1567 spitefully1567 cruel1573 parlous1575 deadly1589 intolerable?1593 fellc1600 perditlya1632 excessively1634 devilishly1635 desperate1636 woundya1639 woundlya1644 desperately1653 wicked1663 killing1672 woundily1706 wounded1753 mortally1759 dreadful1762 intolerably1768 perishing1776 tremendously1776 terrifically1777 diabolically1792 woundedly1794 thundering1809 all-firedly1833 preponderously1835 painfully1839 deadlilya1843 severely1854 furiously1856 diabolish1858 fiendish1861 demonish1867 sinfully1869 fiendishly1879 thunderingly1885 only too1889 nightmarishly1891 God almighty1906 Christ almighty1945 1879 E. Nesbit Let. in D. L. Moore E. Nesbit (1933) iii. 47 Remember I am fiendishly busy sometimes. 1951 Mind 60 428 A correlation of observations, fiendishly difficult in practice. ˈfiendishness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [noun] > superhuman fiendishness1613 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [noun] evil willc897 leth971 loathc1175 atterness?c1225 ill1303 maltalentc1330 ill-willingnessa1340 talenta1380 malignityc1390 ill willa1400 with hard (also sorry) gracec1405 malevolencec1454 malignation?c1500 malignitiesa1529 hatefulness1548 malignance1605 fiendishness1613 malevolency1635 malignancy1640 fellness1678 malevolentness1727 malignantness1727 reptilism1821 unbenignity1867 1613 Bp. J. Hall Holy Panegyrick 39 Those Dames which vnder a cloke of modestie..hide nothing but pride, and fiendishnesse. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. ii. 78 A smile That kindled to more fiendishness Her hideous features. 1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare viii A calm and dignified silence is the best answer to the fiendishness of thirteen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.a1535
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