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Fiendish
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1. A fiendish plan, action, or device is very clever or imaginative. (INFORMAL) ...a fiendish plot. = devilish ADJ: usu ADJ n • fiendishly This figure is reached by a fiendishly clever equation. ADV: usu ADV adj 2. A fiendish problem or task is very difficult and challenging. (INFORMAL) ...the fiendish difficulty of the questions. ADJ: ADJ n • fiendishly America’s trade laws are fiendishly complex. ADV: ADV adj 3. A fiendish person enjoys being cruel. This was a fiendish act of wickedness. ADJ: usu ADJ n
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1.
adjective Date: 1529 1. perversely diabolical took a ~ pleasure in hurting people 2. extremely cruel or wicked 3. excessively bad, unpleasant, or difficult ~ weather • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. дьявольский, злодейский, жестокий fiendish tortures —- нечеловеческие (жестокие) пытки fiendish grin —- дьявольская усмешка 2. эмоц-усил. ужасный fiendish weather —- мерзкая погода fiendish heat —- невыносимая жара fiendish difficulty —- здесь черт ногу сломит ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 cruel and unpleasant (Philip had a fiendish instinct for discovering other people's weak spots.) 2 very clever in an unpleasant way (a fiendish plan to take over the company) 3 extremely difficult or unpleasant (He set us some fiendish exam questions.) - fiendishly adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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