1
as in demonic
of, relating to, or worthy of an evil spirit
a fiendish delight in playing cruel tricks
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as in brutal
having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others
shook with fiendish laughter as he watched his victims writhe in agony
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Recent Examples of fiendish
The favorite characters return, their fiendish traits on full display.
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Vogue, 19 July 2024
But commercializing nuclear fusion still remains a long way off as scientists work to solve fiendish engineering and scientific difficulties.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
In the 1940s, the deviled egg was a cocktail party staple and today the fiendish eggs are still a potluck favorite.
—Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
The great-grandfathers could be said to resemble fiendish claves.
—Jay Pilgreen, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
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Vogue, 19 July 2024
But commercializing nuclear fusion still remains a long way off as scientists work to solve fiendish engineering and scientific difficulties.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
In the 1940s, the deviled egg was a cocktail party staple and today the fiendish eggs are still a potluck favorite.
—Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
The great-grandfathers could be said to resemble fiendish claves.
—Jay Pilgreen, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiendish
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For Koreans at that time (and to some extent even now), Karl Marx was not just a historical figure but a kind of demonic being symbolizing the world of darkness.Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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The answer is Krampus, the somewhat demonic counterpart to Santa Claus.Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Amorim acted on 33 minutes in what became a brutal, surreal spectacle.Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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New York State Attorney General Letitia James released body camera footage on Friday showing the brutal attack on Robert Brooks at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Marcy, NY.Melissa Noel, Essence, 31 Dec. 2024
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Luis is building a hotel for Herr König (Dan Stevens, a scream queen in his own right), whose eccentric behavior points to a sinister agenda.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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All this hints at a more sinister story inside; this was a factory for a highly addictive drug called Captagon.Greg Myre, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024
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The gods prove cruel but not omnipotent, and the modern settings exert their own redemptive pull; the final effect is that of a magic trick, in which the characters manage, in each film’s miraculous closing moments, to slip the bonds of tragedy.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Some Rochester residents disagree and find their city’s methods excessively cruel to the birds.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
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That's what's happened in House of the Dragon season 2's vicious civil war, the Dance of the Dragons.David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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The 2024 adaptation of Nosferatu, the second cinematic remake of the German Expressionist classic, stars horror mainstay Skarsgård (It, Barbarian) as the vicious Count Orlok.Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
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And, yes, Edmund’s scheme to destroy Edgar and Gloucester’s relationship is diabolical.Jeanette Tran, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
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From its evocative postwar-Paris flashbacks to the diabolical twists that kept fans screaming with each new episode, Interview might be 2024’s most purely pleasurable show.Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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Their life is interrupted by the arrival of a group of pale, ghostly white lions, an outsider tribe of scavengers led by the ruthless Kiros (Mads Mikkelsen), looking to occupy and control this land.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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Storks Are Fascinating Beyond Their Brood Reducing Ways Despite their ruthless parenting, storks are fascinating creatures with other interesting traits.Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Fiendish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiendish. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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