DEVIL

devil, deuce, dickens

(noun) a word used in exclamations of confusion; “what the devil”; “the deuce with it”; “the dickens you say”

devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon

(noun) an evil supernatural being

Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness

(noun) (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

hellion, heller, devil

(noun) a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); “he chased the young hellions out of his yard”

monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre

(noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person

devil

(verb) coat or stuff with a spicy paste; “devilled eggs”

annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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 and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.

The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.

A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.

A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.

(euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.

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.

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.

Synonyms

• (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)

Antonyms

• (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

Verb

devil (third-person singular simple present devils, present participle devilling or (US) deviling, simple past and past participle devilled or (US) 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.

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.

Usage notes

• UK usage doubles the l in the inflected forms "devilled" and "devilling"; US usage generally does not.

Synonyms

• (annoy or bother): annoy, bedevil, bother, irk, irritate, pester, trouble, peeve

Anagrams

• divel, lived, vilde, viled

Etymology

Proper noun

the Devil

(theology) The chief devil; Satan.

Synonym: Thesaurus:Satan

Anagrams

• divel, lived, vilde, viled

Source: Wiktionary

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Dev"il, n. Etym: [AS. deófol, deóful; akin to G. , Goth. diabaúlus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. gal to fall. Cf. Diabolic.]

1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. Luke iv. 2. That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. Rev. xii. 9.

2. An evil spirit; a demon. A dumb man possessed with a devil. Matt. ix. 32.

3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "That devil Glendower." "The devil drunkenness." Shak. Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil John vi. 70.

4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. [Low] The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. Shak. The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Pope.

5. (Cookery)

Definition: A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. Sir W. Scott.

6. (Manuf.)

Definition: A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. Blue devils. See under Blue.

– Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian.

– Devil bird (Zoöl.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes (Edolius retifer, and E. remifer), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.

– Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. Longfellow.

– Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp (Laminaria saccharina, and L. longicruris) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron.

– Devil's coachhorse. (Zoöl.) (a) The black rove beetle (Ocypus olens). [Eng.] (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect (Prionotus cristatus); the wheel bug. [U.S.] -- Devil's darning-needle. (Zoöl.) See under Darn, v. t.

– Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zoöl.), the common British starfish (Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.] -- Devil's riding-horse (Zoöl.), the American mantis (Mantis Carolina).

– The Devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet. "Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels." F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.).

– Devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power.

– Printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." Macaulay.

– Tasmanian devil (Zoöl.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus, or Diabolus, ursinus).

– To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]

Dev"il, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deviled or Devilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Deviling or Devilling.]

1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

2. To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper. A deviled leg of turkey. W. Irving. deviled egg a hard-boiled egg, sliced into halves and with the yolk removed and replaced with a paste, usually made from the yolk and mayonnaise, seasoned with salt and/or spices such as paprika.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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