adjective
characteristic of the Devil, or so evil as to be suggestive of the Devil.
his diabolical cunning
devilish,diabolic,fiendish,satanic,Mephistophelian,demonic,demoniacal,hellish,infernal,evil,wicked,ungodly,unholy,cacodemonic
adjective
characteristic of the Devil, or so evil as to be suggestive of the Devil.
his diabolical cunning
devilish,diabolic,fiendish,satanic,Mephistophelian,demonic,demoniacal,hellish,infernal,evil,wicked,ungodly,unholy,cacodemonic
noun
wicked activity.
some devilry was afoot
wickedness,evil,evil-doing,evilness,sin,sinfulness,iniquity,iniquitousness,vileness,foulness,baseness,badness,wrong,wrongdoing,dishonesty,unscrupulousness,roguery,villainy,rascality,delinquency,viciousness,devilishness,fiendishness,heinousness,crookedness,shadiness,malfeasance,knavery
adjective
like or appropriate to a devil in evil and cruelty.
devilish tortures
wicked,evil,accursed,sinful,iniquitous,nefarious,vile,foul,abominable,unspeakable,loathsome,monstrous,atrocious,heinous,hideous,odious,horrible,horrifying,shocking,appalling,dreadful,awful,terrible,ghastly,abhorrent,despicable,damnable,villainous,shameful,depraved,perverted,ungodly,dark,black,black-hearted,immoral,amoral,vicious,cruel,savage,brutish,bestial,barbaric,barbarous,cacodemonic,egregious,flagitious,facinorous
adverb
very; extremely.
a devilish clever chap
adjective
tending to cause harm.
recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people
harmful,damaging,injurious,hurtful,inimical,deleterious,dangerous,destructive,ruinous,calamitous,disastrous,pernicious,environmentally unfriendly,ill,bad,evil,baleful,malign,corrupting,malignant,adverse,undesirable,prejudicial,unfavourable,unfortunate,counterproductive,unhealthy,unwholesome,poisonous,cancerous,noxious,deadly,lethal,fatal,malefic,maleficent,prejudicious
adjective
relating to or characteristic of demons or evil spirits.
demonic possession
devilish,demoniac,demoniacal,diabolic,diabolical,fiendish,satanic,Mephistophelian,hellish,infernal,evil,wicked,ungodly,unholy,cacodemonic
adjective
relating to or characteristic of a demon or demons.
a goddess with both divine and demoniac qualities
devilish,demonic,diabolic,diabolical,fiendish,satanic,Mephistophelian,hellish,infernal,evil,wicked,ungodly,unholy,cacodemonic
noun
a person supposedly possessed by an evil spirit.
noun
the state or quality of being degenerate.
the degeneracy of later Roman work
corruption,corruptness,decadence,moral decay,dissipation,dissoluteness,dissolution,profligacy,depravity,perversion,pervertedness,vice,immorality,lack of morals,lack of principles,baseness,turpitude,wickedness,evil,sin,sinfulness,ungodliness,debauchery,lewdness,lechery,lecherousness,lasciviousness,licentiousness,libidinousness,promiscuity,wantonness,libertinism,intemperance
adjective
wicked and cruel.
pirates and their dastardly deeds
wicked,evil,iniquitous,heinous,villainous,diabolical,diabolic,fiendish,vicious,murderous,barbarous,cruel,black,dark,rotten,nefarious,vile,foul,monstrous,shocking,outrageous,atrocious,abominable,reprehensible,despicable,execrable,corrupt,degenerate,reprobate,sordid,depraved,dissolute,bad,base,mean,low,dishonourable,dishonest,unscrupulous,unprincipled,underhand,roguish,crooked,low-down,stinking,dirty,shady,rascally,scoundrelly,beastly,not cricket,malfeasant,egregious,flagitious
noun
cruel behaviour or attitudes.
he has treated her with extreme cruelty
brutality,savagery,savageness,inhumanity,barbarism,barbarousness,brutishness,bloodthirstiness,murderousness,viciousness,ferocity,ferociousness,fierceness,callousness,sadism,ruthlessness,relentlessness,mercilessness,pitilessness,remorselessness,lack of regard,lack of sympathy,lack of charity,heartlessness,cold-heartedness,cold-bloodedness,severity,harshness,inclemency,wickedness,badness,baseness,iniquity,blackness,black-heartedness,evil,fiendishness,devilishness,heinousness,nastiness,unkindness,abuse,ferity
noun
cruel behaviour or attitudes.
he has treated her with extreme cruelty
brutality,savagery,savageness,inhumanity,barbarism,barbarousness,brutishness,bloodthirstiness,murderousness,viciousness,ferocity,ferociousness,fierceness,callousness,sadism,ruthlessness,relentlessness,mercilessness,pitilessness,remorselessness,lack of regard,lack of sympathy,lack of charity,heartlessness,cold-heartedness,cold-bloodedness,severity,harshness,inclemency,wickedness,badness,baseness,iniquity,blackness,black-heartedness,evil,fiendishness,devilishness,heinousness,nastiness,unkindness,abuse,ferity
adjective
wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.
people who are cruel to animals
brutal,savage,inhuman,barbaric,barbarous,brutish,bloodthirsty,murderous,homicidal,cut-throat,vicious,ferocious,fierce,wicked,evil,fiendish,devilish,diabolical,heinous,abominable,monstrous,atrocious,vile,hideous,ghastly,nasty,spiteful,mean,callous,sadistic,ruthless,merciless,unmerciful,pitiless,unsparing,unrelenting,remorseless,uncaring,unsympathetic,uncharitable,heartless,stony-hearted,hard-hearted,cold-hearted,cold-blooded,bloodless,unfeeling,unemotional,unkind,inhumane,severe,harsh,stern,inclement,flinty,draconian,beastly,dastardly,sanguinary
adjective
wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.
people who are cruel to animals
brutal,savage,inhuman,barbaric,barbarous,brutish,bloodthirsty,murderous,homicidal,cut-throat,vicious,ferocious,fierce,wicked,evil,fiendish,devilish,diabolical,heinous,abominable,monstrous,atrocious,vile,hideous,ghastly,nasty,spiteful,mean,callous,sadistic,ruthless,merciless,unmerciful,pitiless,unsparing,unrelenting,remorseless,uncaring,unsympathetic,uncharitable,heartless,stony-hearted,hard-hearted,cold-hearted,cold-blooded,bloodless,unfeeling,unemotional,unkind,inhumane,severe,harsh,stern,inclement,flinty,draconian,beastly,dastardly,sanguinary
adjective
wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.
people who are cruel to animals
brutal,savage,inhuman,barbaric,barbarous,brutish,bloodthirsty,murderous,homicidal,cut-throat,vicious,ferocious,fierce,wicked,evil,fiendish,devilish,diabolical,heinous,abominable,monstrous,atrocious,vile,hideous,ghastly,nasty,spiteful,mean,callous,sadistic,ruthless,merciless,unmerciful,pitiless,unsparing,unrelenting,remorseless,uncaring,unsympathetic,uncharitable,heartless,stony-hearted,hard-hearted,cold-hearted,cold-blooded,bloodless,unfeeling,unemotional,unkind,inhumane,severe,harsh,stern,inclement,flinty,draconian,beastly,dastardly,sanguinary
adjective
wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.
people who are cruel to animals
brutal,savage,inhuman,barbaric,barbarous,brutish,bloodthirsty,murderous,homicidal,cut-throat,vicious,ferocious,fierce,wicked,evil,fiendish,devilish,diabolical,heinous,abominable,monstrous,atrocious,vile,hideous,ghastly,nasty,spiteful,mean,callous,sadistic,ruthless,merciless,unmerciful,pitiless,unsparing,unrelenting,remorseless,uncaring,unsympathetic,uncharitable,heartless,stony-hearted,hard-hearted,cold-hearted,cold-blooded,bloodless,unfeeling,unemotional,unkind,inhumane,severe,harsh,stern,inclement,flinty,draconian,beastly,dastardly,sanguinary
adjective
wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.
people who are cruel to animals
brutal,savage,inhuman,barbaric,barbarous,brutish,bloodthirsty,murderous,homicidal,cut-throat,vicious,ferocious,fierce,wicked,evil,fiendish,devilish,diabolical,heinous,abominable,monstrous,atrocious,vile,hideous,ghastly,nasty,spiteful,mean,callous,sadistic,ruthless,merciless,unmerciful,pitiless,unsparing,unrelenting,remorseless,uncaring,unsympathetic,uncharitable,heartless,stony-hearted,hard-hearted,cold-hearted,cold-blooded,bloodless,unfeeling,unemotional,unkind,inhumane,severe,harsh,stern,inclement,flinty,draconian,beastly,dastardly,sanguinary
verb
spoil or ruin (an opportunity or a chance of success).
Ernie nearly cruelled the whole thing by laughing
noun
an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity
disaster,catastrophe,tragedy,cataclysm,devastating blow,crisis,adversity,blight,tribulation,woe,affliction,evil,misfortune,misadventure,accident,stroke of bad luck,reverse of fortune,setback,mischance,mishap,car crash,bale,mishanter
noun
an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity
disaster,catastrophe,tragedy,cataclysm,devastating blow,crisis,adversity,blight,tribulation,woe,affliction,evil,misfortune,misadventure,accident,stroke of bad luck,reverse of fortune,setback,mischance,mishap,car crash,bale,mishanter
adjective
responsible for wrongdoing and deserving of censure or blame.
culpable,reprehensible,indefensible,inexcusable,guilty,criminal,delinquent,sinful,wicked,wrong,evil,shameful,discreditable,to blame,at fault,blameable,condemnable,censurable,reproachable,responsible,answerable,offending,erring,errant,in the wrong,reprovable
noun
Lack of moral principles; bad character.
the baseness of human nature
meanness,sordidness,evil,wickedness,iniquity,iniquitousness,immorality,sin,wrong
adjective
Threatening harm; menacing.
Bill shot a baleful glance in her direction
menacing,threatening,unfriendly,hostile,antagonistic,evil,evil-intentioned,wicked,nasty,hate-filled,bitter,acrimonious,malevolent,malicious,malignant,malign,sinister,deadly,harmful,injurious,dangerous,noxious,virulent,pernicious,venomous,poisonous,vitriolic,vindictive
noun
A cause of pain or harm.
a crippling affliction of the nervous system
disorder,disease,malady,complaint,ailment,illness,indisposition,scourge,plague,trouble,menace,evil,visitation
noun
Something that causes pain or suffering.
a crippling affliction of the nervous system
disorder,disease,malady,complaint,ailment,illness,indisposition,scourge,plague,trouble,menace,evil,visitation
