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fiendish

/ˈfiːndɪʃ/

fiendish adjective: sinister; evil; like a fiend.

Adjective

fiendish (comparative more fiendish, superlative most fiendish)

  1. Sinister; evil; like a fiend.
    • The detective was puzzled by the fiendish plot to steal the diamonds.
    • She had a fiendish smile that hinted at a cunning plan.
    Synonyms:
    conniving
  2. Very difficult.
    • The exam was filled with fiendish questions that made no sense.
    • a fiendish crossword puzzle

fiendish meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

fiendish in Hindi

sinister, evil
भुतहा bhuthā

fiendish in Urdu

دشمنانہ, شیطان صفت

fiendish in Bengali

অশুভ, দুষ্ট, পিশাচের মতো, খুব কঠিন

fiendish in Malayalam

cruel, wicked, vicious
പെെശാചികസ്വഭാവമുള്ള, മഹാദുഷ്ടനായ, മഹാക്രൂരനായ, ദുരാത്മാവായ, ദൗഷ്ട്യം മുഴുത്ത, നിർദ്ദയനായ
clever, cunning, ingenious
കൗശലമുള്ള, ഉപായമുള്ള, സാമർത്ഥ്യമുള്ള, ചതുര, സമർത്ഥമായ, വിദ്ഗ്ദ്ധമായ
complex, difficult, challenging
വിഷമമായ, ദുർഘടമായ, സങ്കീർണ്ണമായ, ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുപിടിച്ച, വെല്ലുവിളിയായ, കഴിവു പരിശോധിക്കുന്ന

Examples of fiendish in a sentence

  • The aura of pureness reveals fiendish anomalies.
  • Most quines are notoriously difficult (and fiendish) to write.
  • The author has packed standard ingredients into this story, including a fiendish captain, detailed information on whalelore and modern whaling methods.

All 12 example sentences with fiendish

Synonyms of fiendish

Forms of fiendish

comparativemore fiendish
superlativemost fiendish

Origin of fiendish

From fiend + -ish.

Words formed from fiendish

Questions about fiendish

What does fiendish mean?
Fiendish means sinister; evil; like a fiend.
What is fiendish in Hindi?
Fiendish in Hindi is भुतहा (bhuthā). See Fiendish meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fiendish?
Fiendish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fiendish?
Fiendish is pronounced /ˈfiːndɪʃ/.

Words near fiendish in the dictionary

  1. fiendettes
  2. fiendful
  3. fiendfully
  4. fiendhood
  5. fiending
  6. fiendish
  7. fiendishly
  8. fiendishness
  9. fiendishnesses
  10. fiendism
  11. fiendkin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fiendish (page history and authors); fiendish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fiendish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fiendish (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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