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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 mephistophelian
 (a.)冷酷的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Meph·is·to·phe·le·an, Meph·is·to·phe·li·an prop. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, “a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;” devilish in character or aspect; crafty; showing cunning or ingenuity or wickedness; as, a mephistophelean glint in his eye.
 Syn: -- devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 mephistophelian
      adj : showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a
            devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and
            diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical
            expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in
            his eye" [syn: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean]