English noun: Devil | |||
1. | Devil (person) (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 | ||
Instance hypernym | spiritual being, supernatural being | ||
Domain category | faith, Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism, religion, religious belief | ||
2. | devil (person) an evil supernatural being | ||
Synonyms | daemon, daimon, demon, fiend | ||
Broader (hypernym) | evil spirit | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dibbuk, dybbuk, incubus, succuba, succubus | ||
3. | devil (communication) a word used in exclamations of confusion | ||
Samples | What the devil. The deuce with it. The dickens you say. | ||
Synonyms | deuce, dickens | ||
Broader (hypernym) | exclaiming, exclamation | ||
4. | devil (person) a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man) | ||
Samples | He chased the young hellions out of his yard. | ||
Synonyms | heller, hellion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler | ||
5. | devil (person) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | ||
Synonyms | demon, fiend, monster, ogre | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable person, unpleasant person | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | demoniac | ||
English verb: devil | |||
1. | devil (emotion) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | ||
Samples | Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me. It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves. | ||
Examples | The performance is likely to devil Sue | ||
Synonyms | annoy, bother, chafe, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displease | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | antagonise, antagonize, beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, eat into, fret, fret, get, get under one's skin, grate, harass, harry, hassle, molest, peeve, plague, provoke, rankle, ruffle | ||
Verb group | chafe | ||
2. | devil (creation) coat or stuff with a spicy paste | ||
Samples | Devilled eggs. | ||
Examples | The chefs devil the vegetables | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cook, fix, make, prepare, ready | ||
Domain category | cookery, cooking, preparation | ||