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Evil or cruel.

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  • The large dog appeared to be fiendish as it appeared in the light of the campfire.
  • It was a high-pitched laugh and if a sound ever deserved to be called fiendish that one did.
  • Ryder looked after him, and her black eye glittered with a kind of fiendish beauty.
  • One never knew what kind of fiendish devil'try the prisoners might get up to if left too long to their own devices.
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