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devil

Nouns

• (n) (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell Beelzebub, Lucifer, Old Nick, Prince of Darkness, Satan, the Tempter,
• (n) an evil supernatural being daemon, daimon, demon, fiend,
• (n) a word used in exclamations of confusion
  • what the devil
  • the deuce with it
  • the dickens you say
  dickens, deuce,
• (n) a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
  • he chased the young hellions out of his yard
  hellion, heller,
• (n) a cruel wicked and inhuman person fiend, ogre, demon, monster,

Verbs

• (v) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  • Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
  • It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
  annoy, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, bother, nettle, rag, chafe, get at, get to,
• (v) coat or stuff with a spicy paste
  • devilled eggs

Synonyms

annoy gravel irritate nark rile vex bother nettle rag chafe get at get to Beelzebub Lucifer Old Nick Prince of Darkness Satan the Tempter daemon daimon demon fiend dickens deuce hellion heller ogre monster

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