devilish
IPA: dˈɛvɫɪʃ
adjective
- Resembling a devil.
- Characteristic of a devil.
- (informal) Extreme, excessive.
adverb
- (informal, dated) Devilishly; very; exceedingly.
Advertisement
Examples of "devilish" in Sentences
- You may be in devilish fine form to-day, but your throat is rotten.
- The one are fellows called devilish good -- the other, fellows called devilish gentleman like.
- Sometimes an otherwise calm and serene person gathers a look that can best be described as devilish.
- A divine love which had in it no necessity of hating evil would be profoundly immoral, and would be called devilish more fitly than divine.
- This may be called a devilish zeal; for as there is the faith of devils, so there is the zeal of devils: "Therefore his rage is great, because he knows his time is short."
Related Links
synonyms for devilishAdvertisement
Advertisement