| NOUN | person | Devil, Satan, Old Nick, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness | (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God |
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| person | devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon | an evil supernatural being | |
| communication | devil, deuce, dickens | a word used in exclamations of confusion | |
| person | devil, hellion, heller | a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man) | |
| person | devil, monster, fiend, demon, ogre | a cruel wicked and inhuman person | |
| VERB | emotion | devil, annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe | cause annoyance in |
| creation | devil | coat or stuff with a spicy paste |
| Sounds | deh'vahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Spanish | Beelzebub, Belcebú, demonio, diablo, espíritu maligno, Lucifer, Luzbel, príncipe de las tinieblas, Satanás, Satán | |
| Catalan | banyeta, Beelzebub, Belcebú, diable, dimoni, esperit maligne, Llucifer, príncep de les tenebres, Satanàs, Satan | |
| Verbs | devilize | turn into a devil or make devilish |
| Meaning | An evil supernatural being. | |
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| Synonyms | fiend, demon, daemon, daimon | |
| Narrower | dybbuk, dibbuk | (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior |
| incubus | A male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women | |
| succubus, succuba | A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men | |
| Broader | evil spirit | A spirit tending to cause harm |
| Spanish | daimon, demonio, diablo, genio, mandinga | |
| Catalan | daimon, diable, dimoni | |
| Verbs | devilize | turn into a devil or make devilish |
| Meaning | A word used in exclamations of confusion. | |
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| Example | "what the devil" | |
| Synonyms | deuce, dickens | |
| Broader | exclamation, exclaiming | An abrupt excited utterance |
| Spanish | adiós, caramba, caray, cáspita, demonio, demonios, diablos, diantre | |
| Catalan | diable, diantre, dimoni, dimonis, redéu, redimoni, redimonis, vatua l'olla, vatua | |
| Meaning | A rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man). | |
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| Synonyms | hellion, heller | |
| Broader | troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, mischief-maker, bad hat | someone who deliberately stirs up trouble |
| Adjectives | diabolic | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil |
| Meaning | A cruel wicked and inhuman person. | |
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| Synonyms | monster, fiend, demon, ogre | |
| Narrower | demoniac | someone who acts as if possessed by a demon |
| Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| Spanish | demonio, diablo, fiera, malvado, monstruo, ogro | |
| Catalan | diable, dimoni, fera, monstre, ogre | |
| Adjectives | diabolic | extremely evil or cruel |
| diabolic | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | |
| Verbs | devilize | turn into a devil or make devilish |
| Meaning | coat or stuff with a spicy paste. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The chefs devil the vegetables | |
| Example | "devilled eggs" | |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
| Broader | cook, fix, ready, make, prepare | Prepare for eating by applying heat |
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