English > Devil: 7 senses > noun 1, person Meaning | (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell. |
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Synonyms | Satan, Old Nick, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness |
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Category | Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism | The monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran |
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religion, faith, religious belief | A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny |
Instance of | spiritual being, supernatural being | An incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events |
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Spanish | Beelzebub, Belcebú, demonio, diablo, espíritu maligno, Lucifer, Luzbel, príncipe de las tinieblas, Satanás, Satán |
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Catalan | banyeta, Beelzebub, Belcebú, diable, dimoni, esperit maligne, Llucifer, príncep de les tenebres, Satanàs, Satan |
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Verbs | devilize | turn into a devil or make devilish |
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English > devil: 7 senses > verb 1, emotionMeaning | Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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Model | The performance is likely to devil Sue |
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Synonyms | annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe |
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Narrower | antagonize, antagonise | Provoke the hostility of |
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eat into, fret, rankle, grate | gnaw into |
fret | Cause annoyance in |
get, get under one's skin | irritate |
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke | annoy continually or chronically |
peeve | Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful |
ruffle | Trouble or vex |
Broader | displease | Give displeasure to |
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Similar to | chafe | Feel extreme / extreme irritation or anger |
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Spanish | agobiar, enfadar, fastidiar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, mortificar, provocar, vejar |
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Catalan | amoïnar, atabalar, enfadar, fastidiar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, mortificar, provocar, vexar |
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Nouns | deviltry, devilry, devilment | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
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