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How to use fiendish in a sentence

12 example sentences · adjective

Fiendish means sinister; evil; like a fiend. Example: “The detective was puzzled by the fiendish plot to steal the diamonds.”

Examples of fiendish by meaning

adjectiveSinister; 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.

adjectiveVery difficult.

  • The exam was filled with fiendish questions that made no sense.
  • a fiendish crossword puzzle

More sentences with fiendish

  • The aura of pureness reveals fiendish anomalies.2006 October 7, Jacki Lyden, “Italian Pop Star Takes on U.S. Music Market”, in NPR All Things Considered. From the entry falsehood
  • Most quines are notoriously difficult (and fiendish) to write.2001 July, Clinton Pierce, “Advanced Perl”, in Perl Developer’s Dictionary, Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 269. From the entry quine
  • The author has packed standard ingredients into this story, including a fiendish captain, detailed information on whalelore and modern whaling methods.1960, Michael Williams, Commonweal, volume 72, page 235. From the entry whalelore
  • Behind them came a thousand tin soldiers with slingshots in hand, pelting our fiendish foes with snowballs and gobs of sticky treesap.2019, Jared Green, Santa: My Life and Times […], →ISBN, page 118. From the entry treesap
  • It started with a message in my office on that fiendish modern invention, second in its monstrousness only to the television, the answerphone.2012, Theodore Dalrymple, If Symptoms Persist. From the entry answerphone
  • Poor Chuck Rock's spouse has been kidnapped by the fiendish Gary Gritter and is now held prisoner at the end of five massive levels of platform-pouncing, rock-throwing, belly-butting pandemonium.1991 August, “Hot Off The Shelf”, in ACE, page 111. From the entry unga bunga
  • She usually reports in her mistressy way that I steep my mind in violence–yes, steep–that my temper is fiendish, and that my bite is worse than my bark.1969, Michael Ramsbotham, The Remains of a Father, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →LCCN, pages 146–147. From the entry mistressy
  • Romanus at once took the field against the Seljukian hordes, who were now devastating Cappadocia with fiendish cruelty, and had just captured Caesarea and plundered the shrine of St.1921, T.F. Tout, The Empire and the Papacy, 918-1273, page 107. From the entry Seljukian

Meaning of fiendish

  1. adjective Sinister; evil; like a fiend.
  2. adjective Very difficult.

Full definition of fiendish

Questions about fiendish in a sentence

How do you use fiendish in a sentence?
Fiendish is used as an adjective. For example: “The detective was puzzled by the fiendish plot to steal the diamonds.”
What is a short sentence with fiendish?
“a fiendish crossword puzzle”
What does fiendish mean?
Fiendish means sinister; evil; like a fiend.

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