devilish (adv.)
devilish (adj.)
- accursed
- animal
- anthropophagous
- arch
- atrocious
- bad
- barbaric
- barbarous
- beastly
- bestial
- bloodthirsty
- bloody
- bloody-minded
- brutal
- brute
- brutish
- cannibalistic
- chthonian
- chthonic
- crazy
- cruel
- cursed
- damnable
- demoniac
- demoniacal
- demonic
- diabolic
- diabolical
- elfish
- elvish
- evil
- execrable
- fell
- feral
- ferocious
- fiendish
- fierce
- flagitious
- foolish
- ghoulish
- heinous
- hellish
- high-spirited
- impish
- infernal
- inhuman
- inhumane
- iniquitous
- knavish
- madcap
- maleficent
- malevolent
- malign
- malignant
- mischievous
- murderous
- naughty
- nefarious
- playful
- prankish
- puckish
- purgatorial
- roguish
- ruthless
- sadistic
- sanguinary
- sanguineous
- satanic
- savage
- serpentine
- sinful
- sinister
- sportive
- subhuman
- sulfurous
- tricksy
- truculent
- unchristian
- uncivilized
- ungodly
- unhallowed
- unhuman
- vicious
- villainous
- waggish
- wicked
- wolfish
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excus'd his devilish deeds.
He's tough, ma'am,—tough is J. B.; tough and devilish sly.