Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fiendish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fiendish \Fiend"ish\, a.
Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal;
malignant; devilish; hellish. -- {Fiend"ish*ly}, adv. --
{Fiend"ish*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fiendish
adj : extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting
hell; "something demonic in him--something that could
be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical
sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish
despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of
war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" [syn: {demonic},
{diabolic}, {diabolical}, {hellish}, {infernal}, {satanic},
{unholy}]
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