Bad and Fiendish

Bad

Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

Fiendish and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fiendish" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Fiendish

Fiendish adjective - Of, relating to, or worthy of an evil spirit.

Bad and fiendish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Fiendish".

Nearby Words: fiend, fiendishly

Both words in one sentence

  • I Have You Now, My Pretty: "I have you in my fiendish clutches", says the bad guy to the heroine in "Flaming Women, Shattered Hearts".
  • Film / Kull the Conqueror Bad Moon Rising: The moon turning red with a demonic face marks the imminent resurrection of the fiendish lords of Acheron.
  • Half the Man He Used to Be MacGyver uses the trope name verbatim... In the series' first two-part episode, Mac is strapped into a fiendish torture device vaguely inspired by The Pit and the Pendulum, and told by the Big Bad that he's about to be half the man he used to be.
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