Deborah Tannen

Women as mothers grapple with corresponding contradictions. The adoration they feel for their grown daughters, mixed with the sense of responsibility for their well-being, can be overwhelming, matched only by the hurt they feel when their attempts to help or just stay connected are rebuffed or even excoriated as criticism or devilish interference.

American Sociologist

Chantal Sutherland

There was a pony named Barbapoppa that I received at the age of five, and he was very mischievous and maybe even devilish. Barbapoppa was the most fabulous first animal I was to have and challenged me much.

Canadian Athlete

Howard Jacobson

If the Jew transmogrified into the Devil for the medieval church, he retained his devilish characteristics as Christian sentiment found other places to express itself, early socialism being one of them.

British Novelist

Robert Green Ingersoll

Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and anything that tends to destroy the family is perfectly devilish and infamous.

American Lawyer

Sonya Levien

The ugly is very appealing to man. It's instinct. One shrinks from the ugly, yet wants to look at it. There's a devilish fascination in it. We extract pleasure from horror.

Robert Greene

Female psychotic bosses can be particularly devilish. They will tend to mix in a lot of passive aggression, making you feel guilty for all kinds of things.

English Playwright

W. E. B. Du Bois

But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.

American Writer

Steven Berkoff

I do a devilish borscht, and I'm very good at pickles. I used to make jars and jars of sweet-and-sour pickled cucumbers.

English Actor

James Reston

This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.

American Journalist

Chelsea Handler

I'm a devilish kind of person, but I embrace it. I don't try to fight it. It's proven very well for me.

American Comedian

Use 'devilish' to suggest someone's intentions are hidden and possibly harmful.

Evoke Suspicion

'Devilish' can imply that an action or idea is morally wrong and should be avoided.

Morally Dark

Be aware that religious individuals might find the term 'devilish' offensive or disturbing.

Culturally Sensitive

'Devilish' can be used to intensify just how difficult or exasperating something is.

Intensity Amplifier

Use 'devilish' when expressing personal challenges with tasks or understanding.

Personal Struggle

'Devilish' often means someone causes trouble but remains likable or charming.

Charming Trouble

Differentiate between playful misbehavior ('devilish') and genuine bad intentions.

Mischief, Not Malice

Use 'devilish' in situations that are light-hearted and not seriously wrong.

Light-Hearted Contexts

 seem like black magic but the powers of the spirit world work for both good and evil when I heard that people saying that voodoo is devilish people drinking blood eating fresh meats you know I've get upset because I never been a part of

Haitian Voodoo PIPE...

 Yeah, that is devilish cunning by the virus. I mean, how much is that nonsymptomatic transmission as a percentage of total transmission? I've heard numbers it could be as much as half of all transmissions are basically presymptomatic.