devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean
(adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; “devilish schemes”; “the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen”; “the diabolical expression on his face”; “a mephistophelian glint in his eye”
devilish, rascally, roguish
(adjective) playful in an appealingly bold way; “a roguish grin”
devilishly, devilish
(adverb) in a playfully devilish manner; “the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
devilish (comparative more devilish, superlative most devilish)
Resembling a devil.
Characteristic of a devil.
(informal) Extreme, excessive.
• (resembling a devil): atrocious, demoniac, deuced, diabolic, evil, fiendish, ghoulish, malicious, mischievous, nefarious, ogreish, reprobate, unhallowed, wicked
• (characteristic of a devil): demonic, diabolic, diabolical, hellish, infernal, satanic, satanical
• (extreme): excessive, extreme.
devilish (comparative more devilish, superlative most devilish)
(informal) Devilishly; very; exceedingly.
Source: Wiktionary
Dev"il*ish, a.
1. Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme. "Devilish wickedness." Sir P. Sidney. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. James iii. 15.
2. Extreme; excessive. [Colloq.] Dryden.
Syn.
– Diabolical; infernal; hellish; satanic; wicked; malicious; detestable; destructive.
– Dev"il*ish*ly, adv.
– Dev"il*ish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 June 2025
(noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
