Deviltry
['dev(ə)ltrɪ]
Definition
(n.) Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.
Checker: Witt
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Mischief, wickedness, diablery, diabolical conduct.
Editor: Seth
Examples
- When it don't go astray for a long time, they get suspicious and throttle it anyhow, because they think it is hatching deviltry. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- So Sarkoja merely gave us an ugly look and departed to hatch up deviltries against us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Edited by Dorothy