different between fiendish vs malicious

fiendish

English

Etymology

fiend +? -ish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fi?nd??/

Adjective

fiendish (comparative more fiendish, superlative most fiendish)

  1. Sinister; evil; like a fiend.
    Synonym: conniving
  2. very difficult

Derived terms

  • fiendishly
  • fiendishness

Translations

Anagrams

  • finished

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malicious

English

Alternative forms

  • malitious (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French malicios, from Latin malitiosus, from malitia (malice), from malus (bad). Displaced native Old English yfelwillende.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: m?l?sh'?s, IPA(key): /m??l???s/

Adjective

malicious (comparative more malicious, superlative most malicious)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
  2. spiteful and deliberately harmful
    He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.

Synonyms

  • malevolent
  • evil
  • See also Thesaurus:evil

Derived terms

  • maliciously
  • maliciousness
  • malicious mischief

Translations

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