devilish

About 0.67 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Resembling a devil.
2. adjective Evil, wicked.
3. adjective Roguish or mischievous.

   a devilish grin

4. adjective Excessive, extreme.

   A devilish effort yielded a devilish success.

5. adverb Devilishly; very; exceedingly.

   It was devilish hot outside today.

Similar words

diabolic mephistophelean mephistophelian playful rascally wicked diabolical roguish evil demonic

Often followed by

and grin good smile ingenuity in cunning hard thing

Word family

devilishly devilishness devilishnesses