1
as in demonic
of, relating to, or worthy of an evil spirit
a fiendish delight in playing cruel tricks
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2
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
But an indie Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, or even Skate, this is not: Eng is whisking us off to the nine hellish layers of the underworld to complete a series of fiendish skateboarding trials.
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Fortnum & Mason Piccadilly puzzle Wentworth makes some of the world’s most fiendish jigsaw puzzles.
—Sarah Turner, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
However, Laszlo has since channeled his daddy issues into consensual spanking sessions with Nadja and is able to overcome his need to maintain appearances and foil Daddy’s fiendish plan to take over his body and experience physical release for the first time in centuries.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
However, when one of their father's patients (David Dastmalchian) transmits a fiendish entity into their home, the fractured family must come together to survive.
—Lia Beck, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Fortnum & Mason Piccadilly puzzle Wentworth makes some of the world’s most fiendish jigsaw puzzles.
—Sarah Turner, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
However, Laszlo has since channeled his daddy issues into consensual spanking sessions with Nadja and is able to overcome his need to maintain appearances and foil Daddy’s fiendish plan to take over his body and experience physical release for the first time in centuries.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
However, when one of their father's patients (David Dastmalchian) transmits a fiendish entity into their home, the fractured family must come together to survive.
—Lia Beck, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiendish
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The cause is less demonic and more likely domoic acid toxicosis caused by toxic algal bloom, often referred to as red tide, experts say.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Though known for voicing the demonic doll Chucky in the popular horror franchise of the same name, the elder Dourif has had some experience performing in the medical field before.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
5 Apr. 2025
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But graduating in 2009 meant stepping into a brutal job market during the Great Recession.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Andrews adds musical interludes, which don’t always work, and brutal jokes, which do.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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Thorne starred in the film as a young woman who discovers her father has been killed after returning to her small hometown, while Rourke, 72, starred as a sinister sheriff.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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As digitally dropped threats from an unknown predator grow increasingly sinister during the protagonist’s big date at a Chicago restaurant, the messages blast across the big screen in huge letters, or plaster an entire wall of the ladies’ restroom.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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Everybody else has no choice, really, other than to bring a cruel, narcissistic far-right leader to power.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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The cruelest part is that the good ones are mixed with the bad ones.—
Matt Rivers,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2025
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This was a vicious weaponization of your government.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Employees losing jobs because companies will lay off workers to off-set the expense of tariffs will also mean fewer customers buying goods and services, creating a vicious cycle that depresses both corporate revenues and economic growth.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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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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Follow the delightfully diabolical writer of this newsletter on social media @jimreineking.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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Watch Justice League on Max Joker (2019) 2019's Joker took the darkest approach yet to the diabolical character, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a severely mentally ill man struggling to become a comedian and descending into madness.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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But when the ruthless Mafia boss Nicola Grimaldi discovers his young son has been kidnapped and murdered, the suspect and Grimaldi’s former friend Vito seeks refuge with police.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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The way to move up in your organization might require being ruthless.—
Roberta Matuson,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Fiendish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiendish. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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