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单词 devilish
释义
devilish
adjective
uk
/ˈdev.əl.ɪʃ/us
/ˈdev.əl.ɪʃ/

devilishadjective(BAD)

evilormorallybad:
恶魔般的，魔鬼似的，邪恶的，恶毒的
a devilishplot恶毒的阴谋
morallybadbut in anattractiveway:
坏得可爱的，调皮的
a devilishgrin坏笑
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Morally wrong and evil
  • abhorrent
  • amoral
  • amorality
  • anomie
  • antichrist
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • dissolutely
  • dissoluteness
  • enormity
  • no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
  • non-ethical
  • obscene
  • obscenely
  • obscenity
  • turpitude
  • unconscionable
  • unconscionably
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
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Bad but attractive

devilishadjective(COMPLEX)

extremelydifficultorclever:
极难的；鬼机灵的
devilishcunning极其狡猾
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complicated and difficult to do
  • advanced
  • ambitious
  • ambitiously
  • another
  • arduous
  • formidable
  • formidably
  • get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
  • grail
  • gruelling
  • onerous
  • overdemanding
  • painstaking
  • picnic
  • problematic
  • tuff
  • ultra-sensitive
  • unresolved
  • unsolved
  • unwieldy
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(Definition ofdevilishfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

devilish| American Dictionary

devilish
adjective
us
/ˈdev·ə·lɪʃ/
slightlybad, but sometimes in anamusingway:
a devilishgrin
Devilish can alsomeanextremelydifficult:
a devilishproblem
(Definition ofdevilishfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdevilish

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We should not lose this opportunity to congratulate whoever devised thisdevilishscheme.
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He demonstrated that even in an age of all sorts ofdevilishweaponry, the rapier can still be extremely effective.
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There is nothing underhand ordevilishabout it.
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He does not seem to realise what a deadly anddevilishmachine he is in charge of.
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We have all, presumably, our own opinions about the mostdevilish—pneumatic drills, aircraft, motor-bikes and whatever it may be.
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Surely that is a tremendous example of a courageous response to adevilishchallenge.
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I am delighted to hear that they are not, because it is adevilishmethod of warfare.
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All the wicked,devilishthings we have done over de-nazification, arrestable categories, and so on have been done as a result of international agreements.
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There was not the samedevilishbalance-of-payments problem.
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Everyone knows that when thesedevilishmachines are let go—really let go —casualties are very heavy.
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What kind ofdevilish, fiendish devices could possibly be thought up that would prevent a vehicle from moving?
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Devilishinstruments of war are being used against them.
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A tariff one can jump over; an import licence is an unscalable barrier, and behind these unscalable barriers the mostdevilishfinancial malpractices go on unchecked.
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During the 1939–1945 war, this kind of thing grew in complexity and variety as the campaigns proceeded and moredevilishinstruments were invented by the enemy.
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We are in a somewhatdevilishindustry.
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