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Meaning of "fiendishness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FIENDISHNESS

fiendishness  [ˈfiːndɪʃnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIENDISHNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fiendishness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FIENDISHNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fiendishness in the English dictionary

The definition of fiendishness in the dictionary is diabolical wickedness or cruelty.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FIENDISHNESS


bearishness
ˈbɛərɪʃnəs
bluishness
ˈbluːɪʃnəs
boyishness
ˈbɔɪɪʃnəs
brackishness
ˈbrækɪʃnəs
bullishness
ˈbʊlɪʃnəs
caddishness
ˈkædɪʃnəs
cloddishness
ˈklɒdɪʃnəs
Englishness
ˈɪŋɡlɪʃnəs
faddishness
ˈfædɪʃnəs
girlishness
ˈɡɜːlɪʃnəs
greenishness
ˈɡriːnɪʃnəs
jadishness
ˈdʒeɪdɪʃnəs
Jewishness
ˈdʒuːɪʃnəs
kiddishness
ˈkɪdɪʃnəs
laddishness
ˈlædɪʃnəs
maidishness
ˈmeɪdɪʃnəs
modishness
ˈməʊdɪʃnəs
outlandishness
aʊtˈlændɪʃnəs
reddishness
ˈrɛdɪʃnəs
wordishness
ˈwɜːdɪʃnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FIENDISHNESS

fieldsman
fieldsmen
fieldstone
fieldstrip
fieldward
fieldwork
fiend
fiendish
fiendishly
fiendlike
Fiennes
fient
fier
fierce
fiercely
fierceness
fiere
fieri facias
fierier

WORDS THAT END LIKE FIENDISHNESS

Britishness
business
Caithness
childishness
foolishness
foppishness
freshness
harshness
highness
lushness
much of a muchness
rashness
richness
roughness
Royal Highness
selfishness
smoothness
stylishness
thoroughness
toughness
unselfishness

Synonyms and antonyms of fiendishness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fiendishness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FIENDISHNESS

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The translations of fiendishness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fiendishness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

fiendishness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fiendishness
570 millions of speakers

English

fiendishness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

fiendishness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

fiendishness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

fiendishness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fiendishness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

fiendishness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

diabolique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kefasihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fiendishness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

fiendishness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

fiendishness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fiendishness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fiendishness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fiendishness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दीनपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şeytanlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fiendishness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fiendishness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

fiendishness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fiendishness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταχθόνιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fiendishness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fiendishness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fiendishness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fiendishness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FIENDISHNESS»

The term «fiendishness» is used very little and occupies the 182.086 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FIENDISHNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fiendishness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fiendishness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fiendishness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIENDISHNESS»

Discover the use of fiendishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fiendishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Gravitas, Punctilio, Rectitude & Pippy Bags
There is, or may have been, an old superstition that every farmyard has its own fiend. It is said that Beelzebub personally allotted each fiend to its farmyard, and ratcheted up the fiendishness of his dastardly plan by making the fiends extremely ...
Frank Key
2
The note book of an English opium-eater
The logic of the case, in short, all rested upon the ultra fiendishness of Williams. Were he likely to be content with the mere fact of the child's death, apart from the process and leisurely expansion of its mental agony — in that case there would ...
Thomas De Quincey, 1864
3
The Black Man's Burden - The Horrors of Southern Lynchings
the fiendishness, that stalks abroad unchallenged in a vast portion of the American Republic today. We are filled with horror as we hear the anguishing cries that come up from more than fifty thousand graves filled with the bodies of colored ...
Irenas J. Palmer
4
Earthbodies: Rediscovering Our Planetary Senses
“emotional fiendishness.” As we often use the word nowadays, a fiend is addicted to something, but it is recognized that it is something that is often self-destructive or destructive to others, such as the older “opium fiend” or the more current ...
Glen A. Mazis, 2012
5
Following the flag
Rejoicing at Leesburg. Fiendishness of the Rebels. the river and swam to the island, and thtfs escaped, — : reaching it naked, chilled, exhausted, to shiver through the long hours of a cold October night. Of the seventeen hundred who crossed ...
6
Coleridge: Critic of Shakespeare
... for the wickedness, without the necessity of recurring to a thorough fiendishness of nature for its origination.1 Even I ago does not possess 'a thorough fiendishness of nature'; although he ' approaches ' it, he is still convincing as a character.
Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Badawī, 1973
7
Pahlavi Texts
... the idolator (déviyasto), also the wolf of many kinds and noxious creatures of various species; because the occurrence of their fiendishness is due to the original fiend, and the means for strengthening their fiendishness are derived from the ...
Edward William West, 2012
8
Pahlavi Texts
And about his administration (deiafarih) of the creatures it is said he himself became cut8 away from radiant glory by that fiendishness*, and their cause of wandering 1 Mi4 continues as follows: — 'through that girdle (parvand) of the religion, ...
9
The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, ...
Adroit handling of the stock shibboleths will turn the trick — "The honor of the country," "The fiendishness of the enemy," "Make the world safe for democracy." This factor must be analyzed and dealt with. It is a mistake to hold the masses ...
James Weldon Johnson, Sondra K. Wilson, 1995
10
Lynching in America: A History in Documents
A History in Documents Christopher Waldrep. 78. T. Thomas Fortune, “ Fiendishness in Texas,” 1885 We abhor all crime, whether perpetrated by outlaws or men who pose as “the best people of the town.” The practice of Southern white men in ...
Christopher Waldrep, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIENDISHNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fiendishness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
GOD'S MIGHTY HAND: (1 Peter 5: 1 - 10)
We cannot fend off the fiendishness of the evil one, and we are never to negotiate with his approaches. He likes to promote an argument through accusation. «Virtue Online, Jul 15»
2
Hempfield fires into PIAA Class AAA boys' volleyball semifinals after …
In fact, there was even a little fiendishness in the Hempfield coach, who figured the sluggish start to Saturday morning's match was exactly what ... «PennLive.com, May 15»
3
Crack Is Even More Whack When You Steal $50000 Worth of Lunch …
But in his state of fiendishness, Bowen made the unwise decision to simply trade the entire refrigerated trailer for an unspecified quantity of ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Apr 15»
4
I've watched hundreds of hours of Ninja Warrior. Here's what I learned
The show's unprecedented fiendishness later inspired a successful US version. I can't emphasise enough how tough Sasuke was. By the end ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
5
The finale of an era: NAU Opera's Nando Schellen to retire
Though blind to his fiendishness, he — while about to accuse his wife of infidelity — suddenly realizes he's a complete jerk. For this pivotal ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Mar 15»
6
Orienteers v Chessmen
... imaginary quizzer epaulettes with pride when we get the occasional correct answer will probably wail in despair at the insurmountable fiendishness of it all. «Radio Times, Mar 15»
7
Chomsky on the role of racism in US history
These attitudes go back to the “merciless Indian savages” of the Declaration of Independence and the savagery and fiendishness of others who ... «Socialist Worker Online, Mar 15»
8
Noam Chomsky on the Roots of American Racism
These attitudes go back to the “merciless Indian savages” of the Declaration of Independence and the savagery and fiendishness of others who ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
9
Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom, TV review: It's nice to watch …
Sadly the whales' fiendishness in this regard is having a catastrophic effect on the livelihoods of the hardy fishermen, which obviously isn't ... «The Independent, Feb 15»
10
Clumsy little bear disarmingly charming family friendly fare
But she acquits herself with the proper amount of fiendishness. It's likewise fun to see Hugh Bonneville taking leave of his stuffy Downton Abbey ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Fiendishness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fiendishness>. Apr 2024 ».
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