Definition of Devilish

Devilish

Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.

Extreme; excessive.

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Devilish Quotations

But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.
W. E. B. Du Bois

It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?
John Masefield

This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
James Reston

This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
James Reston

The ugly is very appealing to man. It's instinct. One shrinks from the ugly, yet wants to look at it. There's a devilish fascination in it. We extract pleasure from horror.
Sonya Levien

You can put in all the difficulties, jumps, runs, and any other devilish complexities you like, except octave spans and similar features which do not suit the formation of hands.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel

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Devilish Translations

devilish in Dutch is duivelachtig, duivels, drommels
devilish in French is diabolique
devilish in German is teuflisch
devilish in Italian is diabolico

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