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单词 fiendish
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fiendish

Can you work out the answers to these fiendish riddles and puzzles?The rest remain to be mined by solving the fiendish puzzles that guard them.No one talked about the fiendish plot twists after that episode.Beneath the cartoon graphics lurks a series of puzzles so fiendish and ingenious that only a twisted mastermind could think of them.Their task was to complete 40 fiendishly fiendish puzzles against the clock and against each other.So, we came up with a fiendish plan. Difficulty is frequently fiendish, while problems that are merely hard are not.Back in the Nineties they gripped a generation of gamers with their fiendish puzzles and cutting edge humour.They hatch their fiendish plots in shiny new science buildings in schools, and you know they are around when the food tastes disgusting.Perhaps they have come up with a fiendish plan to wipe Black Caviar off the menu.He is a fan of Su Doku and rattles through the difficult and fiendish puzzles at a fair speed.It is the key to not having to write in lots of different possibilities and usually unlocks all but the most fiendish Su Doku puzzle.
(adjective) 
a fiendish plan
Synonyms
clever
It's a very clever idea.
brilliant
She had a brilliant mind.
imaginative
hundreds of cooking ideas and imaginative recipes
shrewd
She's a shrewd businesswoman.
a shrewd guess
cunning
I came up with a cunning plan.
ingenious
a truly ingenious invention
(adjective) 
(informal) 
It is a fiendish question without an easy answer.
Synonyms
difficult
It was a very difficult decision to make.
involved
The operation can be quite involved, requiring special procedures.
complex
in-depth coverage of today's complex issues
puzzling
His letter poses a number of puzzling questions.
baffling
I was constantly ill, with a baffling array of symptoms.
intricate
intricate patterns and motifs
thorny
the thorny issue of immigration policy
knotty
The new management team faces some knotty problems.
(adjective) 
a fiendish act of wickedness
Synonyms
wicked
She flew at me, shouting how evil and wicked I was.
cruel
They should spend a long time in jail to reflect on their cruel acts.
the persecution of prisoners by cruel captors
savage
This was a savage and needless attack.
monstrous
A monstrous crime has been committed.
malicious
satanic
The crimes were described as `satanic' by the newspapers.
malignant
unspeakable
atrocious
The treatment of the prisoners was atrocious.
inhuman
The barbaric slaughter of whales is unnecessary and inhuman.
diabolical
sins committed in a spirit of diabolical enjoyment
implacable
malevolent
hellish (informal)
He was held for three years in hellish conditions.
devilish
devilish instruments of torture
infernal (informal)
The post office is shut, which is an infernal bore.
accursed
ungodly
black-hearted
demoniac

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in the sense of atrocious
Definition
extremely cruel or wicked
The treatment of the prisoners was atrocious.
Synonyms
cruel,
savage,
brutal,
vicious,
ruthless,
infamous,
monstrous,
wicked,
barbaric,
inhuman,
diabolical,
heinous,
flagrant,
infernal,
fiendish,
villainous,
nefarious,
horrifying,
grievous
in the sense of baffling
I was constantly ill, with a baffling array of symptoms.
Synonyms
puzzling,
strange,
confusing,
weird,
mysterious,
unclear,
bewildering,
elusive,
enigmatic,
perplexing,
incomprehensible,
mystifying,
inexplicable,
unaccountable,
unfathomable
in the sense of brilliant
Definition
of outstanding intelligence or intellect
She had a brilliant mind.
Synonyms
intelligent,
sharp,
intellectual,
alert,
clever,
quick,
acute,
profound,
rational,
penetrating,
discerning,
inventive,
astute,
brainy (informal),
perspicacious (formal),
quick-witted

Nearby words of
fiendish

  • fidgety
  • field
  • fiend
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  • fierce
  • fiercely
  • fierceness

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