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Synonyms for fiendish

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Synonyms for fiendish

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Synonyms for fiendish

extremely evil or cruel

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The Christmas special revolves around a fiendish plot by wicked witches to get rid of all of the children in England by poisoning their sweets and transforming them all into mice.
Ant and Dec, on sparkling form as ever, preside over the madness as the BushTucker Trials become more and more fiendish. What horrors await the celebs tonight?
Could this email be a sinister `cyber-tentacle' put out by the hackers who are currently menacing the Irish firm, seeking account data to rope me into one of their fiendish plots?
But the star of the evening was the diminutive violinist Min-Jin who took on Paganini's second violin concerto, one of the most fiendish pieces in the repertoire, and emerged in triumph.
The Bat Pack tackle the fiendish Mr Freeze - played by Arnold Schwarzenegger - and Poison Ivy, Uma Thurman, in the blockbuster Batman and Robin.
I suspect Fiendish Flame will go on, with the rest handy.
Still, if the scheming Michael Schumacher has come up with another fiendish plan, maybe the yankee petrol-heads will be tuning in after all.
Fiendish schemes, devilish plots and power struggles abound in Dead Protest's new stage offering, Revenge.
Dress code is optional fancy dress with fiendish prizes for the best dressed and a free single on the door for everyone.
But take Sri Lanka at 13-8 for the match since ace bowlers Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan are in fiendish form and Sanath Jayasuriya is in the runs.
With reflective stickers to keep the kids safe, a Scooby Doo leaflet packed with great quizzes and fun facts, some tasty treats and fearsome fangs, our fiendish offer contains everything you need to trick or treat.
The 48-year-old former adviser to former prime minister Margaret Thatcher said he was planning a second, more fiendish puzzle in a bid to recoup his losses.
CONFUCHIAS can provide the answer to a fiendish John Smith's Ayr Gold Cup (3.30) by showing his rivals a clean pair of heels on Scotland's west coast.
While the Kings never actually set out to hurt anyone else (it was just an unfortunate by-product of whatever line of business they happened to be in that week), Eric takes a positively fiendish delight in ripping off his enemies, his friends, and anyone else he can get his grubby paws on.