That magazine article exposed his devilish acts to the full light of day.
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Devilish
//ˈdɛvəlɪʃ//
Synonyms for "devilish" (159 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
Adjective(12 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (79)
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Adjective(15 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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Synonyms
8 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 25 languages.
Belarusian
3 entries- д'я́бальскі adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- сатані́нскі adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- чарто́ўскі adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Bulgarian
4 entries- голям adj (extreme, excessive)
- дя́волски adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- сатани́нски adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- страхотен adj (extreme, excessive)
Catalan
1 entries- diabòlic adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 惡魔般的 /恶魔般的 adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- 非常 adj (extreme, excessive)
Danish
1 entries- djævelsk adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Dutch
4 entries- deksels adj (extreme, excessive)
- diabolisch adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- duivels adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- duivels adj (extreme, excessive)
French
3 entries- diabolique adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- diabolique adj (extreme, excessive)
- infernal adj (extreme, excessive)
German
2 entries- teuflisch adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- teuflisch adj (extreme, excessive)
Greek
1 entries- διαβολικός adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Hebrew
1 entries- שטני adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Hungarian
4 entries- pokoli adj (extreme, excessive)
- sátáni adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- állati adj (extreme, excessive)
- ördögi adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Irish
2 entries- diabhlaí adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- diail adj (extreme, excessive)
Italian
1 entries- diabolico adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Japanese
3 entries- 悪魔的 adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- 残忍 adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- 非常 adj (extreme, excessive)
Norwegian
1 entries- djevelsk adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- диꙗвольскꙑи adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- diewlisch adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Polish
2 entries- diabelski adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- diaboliczny adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Portuguese
2 entries- diabólico adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- extremo adj (extreme, excessive)
Quechua
1 entries- millaymana adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Russian
4 entries- а́дский adj (extreme, excessive)
- дья́вольский adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- дья́вольский adj (extreme, excessive)
- сатани́нский adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- vragolast adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- đavolast adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- враголаст adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- ђаволаст adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Spanish
1 entries- diabólico adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Swedish
4 entries- diabolisk adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- djävlig adj (extreme, excessive)
- djävulsk adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- djävulsk adj (extreme, excessive)
Ukrainian
3 entries- дия́вольський adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- сатани́нський adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
- чортя́чий adj (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases...but as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul.
Source: tatoeba (411108)
Although it may be human to sin, it is, however, devilish to continue to sin.
Source: tatoeba (6333915)
Her cheeks were crimson, her whole body from head to foot instinct and alive with a beauty that to Cyrus and Deborah, as they stood mute with horror in the open doorway, seemed akin to some devilish enchantment.
Source: tatoeba (10791346)
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