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devilish adjective [ ˈdɛv(ə)lɪʃ ]

• like or appropriate to a devil in evil and cruelty.
• "devilish tortures"
Similar: wicked, evil, accursed, sinful, iniquitous, nefarious, vile, foul, abominable, unspeakable, loathsome, monstrous, atrocious, heinous, hideous, odious, horrible, horrifying, shocking, appalling, dreadful, awful, terrible, ghastly, abhorrent, despicable, damnable, villainous, shameful, depraved, perverted, ungodly, dark, black, black-hearted, immoral, amoral, vicious, cruel, savage, brutish, bestial, barbaric, barbarous, cacodemonic, egregious, flagitious, facinorous,

devilish adverb

• very; extremely.
• "a devilish clever chap"


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