Devilry

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Devilish character or conduct; extreme wickedness; wicked mischief.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.
  • noun. The whole body of evil spirits.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. mischief.
  • noun. wickedness, cruelty.
  • noun. an action performed with the help of a devil; witchcraft.
  • noun. An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty, or witchcraft.
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  • noun. wicked and cruel behavior
  • noun. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
    • Word Usage
    "But this conflation of good times with devilry is like something out of a 17th century Puritan ethic which goes by the dictum that someone somewhere is enjoying themselves and this must be stopped immediately."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    evil  immorality  iniquity  wickedness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    automatism  beguilement  blitheness  bootlegging  certainty  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Black Mass  Satanism  arrantness  badness  baseness  
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