devil
Definitions
- The chief devil; Satan.
- An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
- crowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy, prybar, pinchbar, nail bar
- 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.
- Hell.
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- A printer's assistant.
- A poltergeist that haunts printing works.
- A dust devil.
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A barren, unproductive and unused area. dialectal, in-compounds
- 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., as used in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- A Tasmanian devil.
- An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
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Ellipsis of devil seam (“the seam between garboard strake and the keel, on wooden boats”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Equivalents
72 more languages
Azərbaycan dilişeytan
བོད་སྐད།བདུད
BosanskibelajbiesdemondračđavaođavljiđavođavoljihudičkuratmasataSatànašejtanslakvragvražjiбелајбесврагвражјиђаваођављиђавођавољикатСатанашејтан
Cymraegdiafol
Eestikurat
Euskaradeabru
Suomiärsyttäädemonihelvettihiisijuutaskoljolempopaholainenpaskiainenperkelepippuroidapirusaatanasielunvihollinensuututtaa
Gàidhligdiabhal
HrvatskibelajbiesdemondračđavaođavljiđavođavoljihudičkuratlȃrvamasataSatànašejtanslakvragvražjiбелајбесврагвражјиђаваођављиђавођавољикатСатанашејтан
Magyarördög
Italianodiavolo
LëtzebuergeschDäiwel
ລາວປີສາດ
Malagasydevoly
മലയാളംചെകുത്താൻ
मराठीसैतान
Maltixitan
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ
PolskibiesciortczartczortdiabelstwodiabełdiabełekdiablątkodiablidiablikdiasdziadiwankadukkusylichoSzatan
Slovenčinadiabol
Slovenščinahudič
СрпскиbelajbiesdemondračđavaođavljiđavođavoljihudičkuratmasataSatanašejtanslakvragvražjiбелајбесврагвражјиђаваођављиђавођавољикатСатанашејтан
தமிழ்பேய்
Türkmençeşeýtan
O'zbekchashayton
Yorùbábìlísì
Examples
“The devil in me wants to let⟳ him suffer⟳.”
“Those two kids are devils in a toy store.”
“That math problem was a devil.”
“What in the devil is that?”
“What the devil is that?”
“She is having a devil of a time fixing it.”
“You can go to the devil for all I care.”
“For he will not leave⟳ his listener to dwell upon sorrow when the print⟳ office beckons and he can show⟳ you what a good little devil he became.”
“The formation of tornados and water-spouts is very probably identical with that of dust-storms and "devils," viz., a sudden disturbance of the vertical equilibrium of the atmosphere, where by an upward rush⟳ of air is generated, which rapidly becomes spiral.”
“There are few sights more appalling than a sandstorm in the desert, the "Zauba'ah" as the Arabs call⟳ it. Devils, or pillars of sand, vertical and inclined, measuring a thousand feet high[.]”
“devil strip⟳”
“Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron.”
“The woollen things are torn to pieces by a machine having spiked rollers (termed a devil), cleansed, and the fibre spun with a certain proportion of new wool, the yarn being afterwards woven into the full-bodied but flimsy fabric termed shoddy.”
“He removes his food, water, and torch from the pack⟳ and then pushes it to the far end⟳ of the tent – no devil is going to rip his pack⟳ apart tonight.”
“In the 1800s, for example, workers at a wool company were scared that the devils would attack their sheep.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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