devil
see also: Devil
Pronunciation Noun
Devil
Proper noun
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see also: Devil
Pronunciation Noun
devil (plural devils)
- (theology) An evil creature.
- (theology, singular only) (the devil or the Devil) The chief devil; Satan.
- (folklore) A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil.
- The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- The devil in me wants to let him suffer.
- A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
- Those two kids are devils in a toy store.
- A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
- That math problem was a devil.
- (euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
- What in the devil is that? What the devil is that?
- She is having a devil of a time fixing it.
- You can go to the devil for all I care.
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- A dust devil.
- (religion, Christian Science) An evil or erring entity.
- (dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- (cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- 1815 February 23, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. [...] In Three Volumes, volume (
please specify ), Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], OCLC 742335644 ↗:
- A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
- A Tasmanian devil.
- (cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- (a creature of hell): demon
- (the chief devil): Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Old Nick, Old Scratch (UK & US), old-gooseberry, old gentleman
- (thing awkward or difficult to understand or do): bastard, bitch, bugger (UK), stinker
- (wicked or naughty person): imp, rascal, scamp, scoundrel
- (as a euphemistic intensifier): deuce (euphemistic), dickens (euphemistic), fuck (only in senses with the; taboo slang), heck, hell
- (a person, especially a man (as in "poor devil")): bugger (UK), cow (used of a woman), sod (UK)
- (a creature of hell) angel, god
- (the chief devil) God
- (the bad part of the conscience) angel, conscience
- (thing awkward or difficult to understand) cakewalk (US), piece of cake, simplicity itself
- (wicked or naughty person) angel, saint
- French: Diable, Satan
- German: Teufel, Satan
- Italian: diavolo
- Portuguese: Diabo, Satã, Satanás
- Russian: дья́вол
- Spanish: diablo
- Russian: чертовщи́на
devil (devils, present participle deviling; past and past participle deviled)
- To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- To annoy or bother; to bedevil.
- To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), page 401:
- He did not repeat the scathing estimate of her character by Quatrefages, who at that time spent one afternoon a week devilling at the Consulate, keeping the petty-cash box in order.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), page 401:
- To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:
- To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
- To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
- She's going to devil four dozen eggs for the picnic.
- German: reizen, ärgern, aufbringen, plagen, schikanieren
Devil
Proper noun
- (theology) The chief devil; Satan.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:Satan
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