释义 |
fiendishfiend‧ish /ˈfiːndɪʃ/ adjective - a plot of fiendish complexity
- Napalm is among the most fiendish of chemical weapons.
- It was somehow medieval and hushed, in the shadow of the pit and its fiendish machinery.
- The fiendish complexity of claiming the credits may be putting people off.
- The enemy, supposing we were disabled, set up a fiendish yell of triumph.
- The whole thing was so oblique, so fiendish in its circumlocutions, that he did not want to accept it.
- Will Robin solve the fiendish crimes?
- You want us to endorse some fiendish invention that will be the means of taking human life!
1cruel and unpleasant: a particularly fiendish practical joke2very clever in an unpleasant way: a fiendish plan3extremely difficult or complicated: several fiendish exam questions—fiendishly adverb—fiendishness noun [uncountable] |