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Devil

noun

(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell. Synonyms: Beelzebub, Lucifer, Old Nick, Prince of Darkness, Satan, the Tempter.

An evil supernatural being. Synonyms: daemon, daimon, demon, fiend.

A word used in exclamations of confusion. Synonyms: deuce, dickens. "The deuce with it" , "The dickens you say"

A rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man). Synonyms: heller, hellion.

A cruel wicked and inhuman person. Synonyms: demon, fiend, monster, ogre.

verb

(past & past part. deviled or devilled; pres. part. deviling or devilling)

Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex. "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

Coat or stuff with a spicy paste.

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"Devil" Quotes from Famous Books

... e'er gained the golden crown Who did not in his search the cross upbear; For heaven he need entertain no care Who fears to sinfulness the Devil's frown, And lays, if once espoused, his burdens down, Because so many of his followers have ...

— The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

... Privileges. What they are Prohibited. When any are religiously disposed, these Priests sent for in great Ceremony. None ever used violence towards them before this present King. The Second Order of Priests. The third Order. How they dedicate a Red Cock to the Devil. Their Oracle. ...

— An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies • Robert Knox

... King before his departure had gone to her and asked, "How shall I do and what plan shall I pursue? it is thou hast caused this great distress to us!" And she had answered, "O great King and mighty Cohen, I will teach thee a trick would baffle the Devil himself though he summon to his assistance all his grisly hosts. It is that thou send fifty thousand men going down in ships, and sailing over the sea to the Mountain of Smoke; and there let them land and ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton

... wire-pulling: would have the feudal system back, with all the old inefficiency; in the name of Ta Yu and the Duke of Chow they would do what they might to undo the strivings of this Ts'in upstart. So all the subtleties of the old order were arrayed against him,—pull devil, pull baker. ...

— The Crest-Wave of Evolution • Kenneth Morris

... the gleam of a devil in the man's eye, and in his right hand he clinched the haft ...

— Five Thousand Dollars Reward • Frank Pinkerton

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