deviltry

Noun

Meaning

Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mischief devilry rascality shenanigan roguery devilment mischievousness mischief-making roguishness malice badness villainy naughtiness evil magic
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Antonyms

justice accuracy honor integrity morality purity
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Hypernyms

evil immorality wickedness iniquity misbehavior misdeed

Hyponyms

hell vandalism blaze monkey business hooliganism malicious mischief

Derivatives

deviltries

Examples

We imagine that hardness, violence, slavery, peril in the street and in the heart, concealment, Stoicism, temptation, and deviltry of every sort, everything evil, frightful, tyrannical, raptor- and snake-like in man, serves as well for the advancement of the species "man" as their opposite. Friedrich Nietzsche

Close letter words and terms

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