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# fiendish

«fiendish» in Mova's school dictionary: **very cruel or wicked, like a fiend (a devil or evil spirit)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (fiendish; more fiendish, most fiendish)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fiendish means very cruel or wicked, like a fiend (a devil or evil spirit). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiendish/#m1)

2) (informal) Fiendish means extremely clever, complicated or difficult: «a fiendish puzzle». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiendish/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a villain makes a fiendish plan. In puzzles and maths, a fiendish sudoku or riddle is very hard, so it is often used for olympiad or challenge questions. Phrases: «a fiendish plan», «fiendishly difficult», «fiendish puzzle».

### examples

- The villain had a fiendish plan to steal the crown jewels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiendish/#x1)
- This sudoku is fiendish! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiendish/#x2)
- The maths challenge had a fiendish final question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiendish/#x3)
- The witch gave a fiendish laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiendish/#x4)
- The maze was fiendishly difficult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiendish/#x5)
- The detective uncovered a fiendish trick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiendish/#x6)
- After a time he became an adept in the black art, and contracted an intimate acquaintance with the fiendish races. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiendish/#x7)

### note

From «fiend» (a devil, or a person who loves something: «a football fiend»). Adverb: fiendishly. Say «FEEN-dish».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fiendish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiendish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.