"fiendish" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfiːndɪʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fiendish.wav Forms: more fiendish [comparative], most fiendish [superlative]
Etymology: From fiend + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fiend|ish}} fiend + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} fiendish (comparative more fiendish, superlative most fiendish)
  1. Sinister; evil; like a fiend. Synonyms: conniving Translations (sinister, evil): зъл (zǎl) (Bulgarian), демоничен (demoničen) (Bulgarian), 惡魔似 /恶魔似 (Chinese), 恶魔似 (Chinese), duivels (Dutch), sinister (Dutch), diabla (Esperanto), pirullinen (Finnish), paholaismainen (Finnish), diabolique (French), diabólico (Galician), teuflisch (German), μοχθηρός (mochthirós) (Greek), भुतहा (bhuthā) (Hindi), ördögi (Hungarian), pokoli (Hungarian), ördöngös (Hungarian), diabolico (Italian), demoniaco (Italian), 악마 (angma) (Korean), djevelsk (Norwegian), diewlisch (Plautdietsch), sinistro (Portuguese), diabólico (Portuguese), sinistru (Romanian), rău (Romanian), demonic (Romanian), дья́вольский (dʹjávolʹskij) (Russian), diabólico (Spanish)
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  2. Very difficult.
    Sense id: en-fiendish-en-adj-Q2lCX-Ja
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fiendishly, fiendishness
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          "sense": "sinister, evil",
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "sinister, evil",
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          "sense": "sinister, evil",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "angma",
          "sense": "sinister, evil",
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