devil
Meaning
n 1: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of eviland adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
[syn: Satan, Old Nick, the Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub,
the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]
2: one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian
belief [syn: fiend, demon, daemon, daimon]
3: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil";
"the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" [syn: deuce,
dickens]
4: a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he
chased the young hellions out of his yard" [syn: hellion,
heller]
5: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend,
demon, ogre]
v 1: 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" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother,
get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel,
vex, chafe]
2: coat or stuff with a spicy paste; "devilled eggs"