devilish

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
发音 dĕvʹəl

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling a devil.
    — Let vs put on our meet incountering mindes, / And in deteſting ſuch a diueliſh Thiefe, / In loue of honor and defence of right / Be arm’d againſt the hate of ſuch a foe, / Whether from earth, or hell, or heauen he grow.
  2. Evil, wicked.
    — For I abhore to smatter / Of one so deuyllysshe a matter.
  3. Roguish or mischievous.
    — a devilish grin
  4. Excessive, extreme. informal
    — A devilish effort yielded a devilish success.
副词 adv.
  1. Devilishly; very; exceedingly. dated,informal
    — It was devilish hot outside today.

词形变化

more devilish comparative most devilish superlative more devilish comparative most devilish superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
devilishly devilishness undevilish

词源

词源 1
From Middle English develissh, develyssh, equivalent to devil + -ish. Cognate with Saterland Frisian düvelsk, düüwelsk (“devilish”), West Frisian duvelsk (“devilish”), Dutch duivels (“devilish”), German Low German düvelsk (“devilish”), German teuflisch (“devilish”), Danish djævelsk (“devilish”), Swedish djävulsk (“devilish”),
Norwegian djevelsk (“devilish”).
词源 2
From Middle English develissh, develyssh, equivalent to devil + -ish. Cognate with Saterland Frisian düvelsk, düüwelsk (“devilish”), West Frisian duvelsk (“devilish”), Dutch duivels (“devilish”), German Low German düvelsk (“devilish”), German teuflisch (“devilish”), Danish djævelsk (“devilish”), Swedish djävulsk (“devilish”),
Norwegian djevelsk (“devilish”).
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