Fiendish

It was a high-pitched laugh and if a sound ever deserved to be called fiendish that one did. ❋ Carr, John Dickson (1984)

It bore an expression which might truly be called fiendish, for it gave the idea of mental power, of cruelty, of malice, of intense -- of supreme despair. ❋ Various (N/A)

Remembering how white soldiers from eastern cities took the skin of a native chief for a trophy of victory, and recalling the fiendish glee of Mandanes over a victim, I can only conclude that neither race may blamelessly point the finger of reproach at the other. ❋ Unknown (1903)

To some of you, he'll be best known as the fiendish Lucius Malfoy from the Harry Potter films, but to me he is, in the words of David Bowie, chameleon, comedian, Corinthian and caricature. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you saw my shelf full of Elvis soundboard recordings 1969 - 77 you'd know you were in good "fiendish" company. ❋ Annie (2006)

ANTHONY: Yes, during World War I, Franklin Roosevelt and his cousin Alice took a kind of fiendish delight in taking on as volunteers some of the assignments of the tapings, and usually it was after folks that were suspected of being German spies. ❋ Unknown (2006)

One never knew what kind of fiendish devil'try the prisoners might get up to if left too long to their own devices. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (2004)

Ryder looked after him, and her black eye glittered with a kind of fiendish beauty. ❋ Various (N/A)

Mrs. Bradley was grinning with a kind of fiendish blandness at Burt, whose neck was beginning to swell. ❋ Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- (1933)

And he, unaided and alone, had to meet not only the terrible charge which was laid against him, but a kind of fiendish cleverness with which that charge had been urged. ❋ Joseph Hocking (1898)

He said "God bless you!" with a kind of fiendish yowl quite horrible to behold; and if ever man's benison sounded like a curse, it was that of bad old Lord Lovat. ❋ George Augustus Sala (1861)

"Ay," said he with a kind of fiendish animation, "in one chop; I wish you'd see how I scattered the consultation; begad they didn't wait to ax for a fee." ❋ Charles James Lever (1839)

Is it some kind of fiendish plot to kill off its older readers? ❋ Unknown (2010)

One can question Israeli policies without questioning the justice of Israel's fight against terrorists who are indeed "fiendish," as are those who send them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This is PRECISELY the kind of fiendish manipulation by the wicked that we're warned to guard against! " ❋ Unknown (2009)

Meanwhile, NASA robots are dispatched on journeys of 423 million miles, to inspect the surface of Mars; and with marine biologists in Monterey, California, engineers build robots to perform complicated research assignments at fiendish depths on the ocean floor, and for months at a time. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

The [masked man] said in a [fiendish] manner... It was a fiendish place to look at... The girl danced in a fiendish manner... [Grimly] [Fiendish]...The Damned ❋ Fiendish Female (2006)

"did you see how many [bennie's] [kel] did last night?!!" "yes! he had such a fiendish one the [nutter]!" ❋ Little Sister Of Eluria (2006)

[Did you] see [that girl]? She was so fiendish i got [a stiffy]! ❋ FiendishPhoenixx (2004)

"We were [fiendish] last night" 😏 "That's so fiendish!" 😈 "My dinner was so totally fiendish" "That music [artist's] new album was hella fiendish." "My [gym] session was so fiendish!" ❋ Lil Fiendy (2021)

Did you hear how [Sam] was talking about [matt]? That’s some [fiendish] shit. ❋ Swaggy Chick (2022)

Person A: You [Fiendish Fiend]! Person B: [Hah]! [got your nose]! ❋ Lord Jonathan Elton (2015)