Devil
Meaning of Devil
noun
- (in Christian and Jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan.
belief in the Devil
the work of the devil
- a person with specified characteristics.
the cunning old devil
you lucky devil
- expressing surprise or annoyance in various questions or exclamations.
‘Where the devil is he?’
- an instrument or machine fitted with sharp teeth or spikes, used for tearing or other destructive work.
- a junior assistant of a barrister or other professional.
- act as a junior assistant for a barrister or other professional.
there is the possibility of devilling for fellow members of the Bar
- harass or worry (someone).
he was deviled by a new-found fear
Old English dēofol (related to Dutch duivel and German Teufel ), via late Latin from Greek diabolos ‘accuser, slanderer’ (used in the Septuagint to translate Hebrew śāṭān ‘Satan’), from diaballein ‘to slander’, from dia ‘across’ + ballein ‘to throw’.
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Hyphenation of Devil
Devil
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- Devil is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Devil synonyms
Meaning Satan:
Meaning fiend:
Meaning deuce:
Meaning hellion:
Meaning monster:
Meaning annoy:
annoy, rag, bother, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe
Meaning an unfortunate or unhappy person:
Meaning a person who suffers bad fortune:
Meaning a person of a specified kind:
Meaning the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal:
Meaning a human being regarded as an individual:
Meaning a man or boy:
Meaning used to express one's feelings of pity, affection, approval, or contempt for a person or animal:
Meaning a person of a specified type, especially one to be envied or pitied:
Meaning an unpleasant or despicable person:
Meaning the surface of the ground, with the grass growing on it; turf:
Meaning used as a term of abuse, typically for a man:
Anagrams of Devil
Words that rhyme with Devil
evil, bevil, archdevil, bedevil, daredevil, demidevil, devil, endevil, outdevil, protodevil, pulldevil, subdevil, swingdevil, underdevil, undevil, weevil, Kevil, kevil, Nevil, nonevil, unevil, mantevil
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