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she-devil

American  
[shee-dev-il, -dev-] / ˈʃiˈdɛv ɪl, -ˌdɛv- /

noun

  1. a woman who resembles a devil, as in extreme wickedness, cruelty, or bad temper.


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But Depp's performance as a crumbling shell of a man under assault by a she-devil he says he regrets marrying?

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2022

In the novel, Ruth desexes herself, as surely as Lady Macbeth, going from woman to self-described she-devil.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2018

Mitchell’s way of rationalizing her she-devil protagonist was to maintain that Melanie was the heroine, not Scarlett.

From Time • Dec. 15, 2014

They were convicted in 2009 amid lurid headlines calling Knox a she-devil - but an appeal court acquitted the couple two years later after defence lawyers exposed flaws in the original investigation.

From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2013

"A pretty sort of she-devil you must be!"

From A Duel by Marsh, Richard