Entry Word: fiendish

Function: adjective

Meaning: of, relating to, or worthy of an evil spirit <a fiendish delight in playing cruel tricks>

Synonyms demoniac (also demoniacal), demonic, devilish, diabolical (or diabolic), satanic

Related Words hellish, infernal; baleful, evil, sinister; malevolent, malicious, malignant; heinous, monstrous; barbarous, cruel, ferocious, inhuman, savage, vicious

Near Antonyms celestial, heavenly; beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant; godly, holy, saintly

Antonyms angelic