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  • 51Vice — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vice vice Sgm: N 1 evil doing evil doing evil courses Sgm: N 1 wrongdoing wrongdoing Sgm: N 1 wickedness wickedness viciousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 iniquity …

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  • 52fiend — [fi:nd] noun 1》 an evil spirit or demon.     ↘a very wicked or cruel person. 2》 informal an enthusiast or devotee of a particular thing: a jazz fiend. Derivatives fiendlike adjective Origin OE fēond an enemy, the devil , of Gmc origin …

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  • 53infernal — a. 1. Hellish, Tartarean, Stygian, of hell. 2. Diabolical, devilish, demoniacal, fiendish, fiendlike, satanic, atrocious, nefarious, dark, damnable, accursed, abominable …

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  • 54fiend — n. 1 a an evil spirit, a demon. b (prec. by the) the Devil. 2 a a very wicked or cruel person. b a person causing mischief or annoyance. 3 (with a qualifying word) sl. a devotee or addict (a fitness fiend). 4 something difficult or unpleasant.… …

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