devilish — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

almighty, exposed, hot, outside

VERB + DEVILISH

join, married

DEVILISH + NOUN

boy, trio, woman

ADV.

gravelly

Definitions

adj

1

Resembling a devil.

Let vs put on our meet incountering mindes, / And in deteſting ſuch a diueliſh Thiefe, / In loue of honor and defence of right / Be arm’d againſt the hate of ſuch a foe, / Whether from earth, or hell, or heauen he grow.

[C]urrently incarcerated Stinc Team members Ketchy the Great, SaySoTheMac, and Bambino; the devilish and gravelly Almighty Suspect; red-clad Inglewooder and headband connoisseur FreeAckrite; baby-faced Martin Luther King Park loiterer Johnny Rose; […]

2

Evil, wicked.

For I abhore to smatter / Of one so deuyllysshe a matter.

[S]ome turne agayne by grace frõ their deadly hereſies into yͤ life of faith, ⁊ ſome be ſo ſore nowſeled in the falſe hereſies, ⁊ in their obſtinate frowardneſſe take ſuch a deueliſhe delight, yͭ finally thei die therin as did Baifield, Bainã, ⁊ Tewkeſbury.

3

Roguish or mischievous.

a devilish grin

[S]he gave me that lovely devilish smile that said: I like liberty, and not necessarily accountability.

4

Excessive, extreme.

A devilish effort yielded a devilish success.

I had a devilish time moving the wardrobe downstairs.

adv

1

Devilishly; very; exceedingly.

It was devilish hot outside today.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a

adjective — playful in an appealingly bold way

rascally
roguish

adverb — in a playfully devilish manner

devilishly

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

Let vs put on our meet incountering mindes, / And in deteſting ſuch a diueliſh Thiefe, / In loue of honor and defence of right / Be arm’d againſt the hate of ſuch a foe, / Whether from earth, or hell,

Wiktionary

02

[C]urrently incarcerated Stinc Team members Ketchy the Great, SaySoTheMac, and Bambino; the devilish and gravelly Almighty Suspect; red-clad Inglewooder and headband connoisseur FreeAckrite; baby-face

Wiktionary

03

For I abhore to smatter / Of one so deuyllysshe a matter.

Wiktionary

04

It was devilish hot outside today.

Wiktionary

05

That magazine article exposed his devilish acts to the full light of day.

Tatoeba · #47755

06

Although it may be human to sin, it is, however, devilish to continue to sin.

Tatoeba · #6333915

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, devilish is marked as informal, dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.