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Meaning of Devils | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈdɛvl̩z

Definitions

  1. Devil.
  2. Between two equally unacceptable choices.
  3. Very energetic, mischievous, daring, or clever.
  4. To give credit to a disagreeable or malevolent person.
  5. To upset or ruin.
  6. Let each person follow self-interest, leaving others to fare as they may.
  7. Trouble to be faced as a result of an action: There'll be the devil to pay if you allow the piglets inside the house.
  8. a person who denies the existence of the devil.
  9. the beliefs of the Izedis, a Mesopotamian sect said to worship the devil. Also Yezdism, Yezidism. — Izedi, Yezdi, Yezidi, n.
  10. belief in the existence of only one devil. Cf. polydiabolism.
  11. a Gnostic doctrine that the material world expresses the personality of Satan.

Equivalents

العربية الشياطين
Español diablos
Українська чортівня

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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