Word Finder - devil

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An evil creature.

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• demon

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(with article) The chief devil; Satan.

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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.

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The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.

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The devil in me wants to let him suffer.

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A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.

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Those two kids are devils in a toy store.

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• imp
• rascal
• scamp
• scoundrel

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A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.

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That math problem was a devil.

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• bastard
• bitch
• bugger
• stinker

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(with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.

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She is having a devil of a time fixing it.

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• deuce
• dickens
• fuck
• heck
• hell

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A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.

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• bugger
• cow
• sod

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A dust devil.

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(Christian Science) An evil or erring entity.

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(in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.

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devil strip

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A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.

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A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.

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A Tasmanian devil.

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An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.

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To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

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To annoy or bother.

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• bedevil

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To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.

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To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:

She wanted to know what the devil was going on.

Stop there, you devil with the cart!

He could have told her he was the devil and that he now owned her soul, and she would have stayed there, wondering if he'd kiss her.

The devil looked around.

Others, as most legislators, politicians, lawyers, ministers, and office-holders, serve the state chiefly with their heads; and, as they rarely make any moral distinctions, they are as likely to serve the devil, without intending it, as God.

And what devil made me go to that wat?

Am I so bad that I end up married to the devil?

Met the devil himself and decided I'd had enough of this shit.

But the devil knows what this is.

She shuddered to her core at the evil peering through his gaze, feeling very much like the devil was offering her a deal without telling her the price.

She had no choice but to trust the devil.

Red Devil used to be the most popular brand of lye for home-based soap makers, but this product has since been taken off the market.

Your breasts will look especially perky no matter what you wear in this retro-styled bra that's available in colors white, black, electric lilac, neon blue, gold and the suggestively named red devil.

The character was an aspiring actor who developed a one woman comedy show entitled "Jerry Seinfeld is the Devil."

He offers Luke the devil's bargain - the opportunity to help Vader overthrow the Emperor and rule with him as father and son over a dominion of slavery.

Specialty stores may also offer themed Valentines sets such as angel, devil, and cupid outfits.

Lizzy Borden previewed their latest CD 'Deal With the Devil' and their world wide tour at the 'Wacken Open Air Festival Germany', in front of 35 thousand people.

The running joke about Chad is that he sold his soul to the devil in order to maintain his youthful appearance, but there is much more to him than his boyish good looks.

Modeling a strange landscape that haunts him in every pliable medium, he is startled to discover that the landscape is real; a strange geological structure called Devil's Tower, in Wyoming.

Books and games weren't the only places you could find women in jeopardy, brooding atmosphere, the antics the undead, devil worship, and other dark doings.

In the episode "The Devil in the Dark" Dr. McCoy is ordered to the planet's surface once again, this time to treat an alien known as a Horta.

Flight first penned about it in The True Legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil; Showing how the Horse-Shoe came to be a Charm against Witchcraft.

His eyes twinkled with the very devil.

The devil left, and an angry Talon hauled her up, sinking his teeth into her arm again.

She felt the poison in Talon's blood, but whatever poison ran in the devil's body was inseparable from him.

This guy was the devil.

The devil was with him.

The devil's smile grew as his cold eyes took all of them and settled on Bianca's necklace.

Before the blonde could run, the devil snatched her.

The devil's cold dark eyes flared and turned black.

The devil reached over to Darian, placing a hand on his red forehead.

Though his eyes were still dark, the devil appeared calm.

She put her hair down to hide the mark, horrified by the idea of belonging to the devil.

The same instincts that warned her against the last deal with him told her she'd never win any bet with the devil I'll give you the terms first this time.

She slept with the devil.

Her heart slammed into her chest at the thought of confronting the devil.

In a deal with her mate, who just happened to be the devil.

It wasn't the first time she'd heard such a thing, but it sounded far worse coming from the devil than it had Wynn.

He didn't have the pointed teeth of a demon, which she hoped was indication enough she wasn't about to make a deal with the devil.

Her courage almost gave out at the idea of walking into the devil's personal hangout.

Shipton is a devil.

But give the devil his due, he paid his way.

He quirked a brow, and the dark eyes twinkled with the very devil.

A similar scene flashed before Kris.  One from long ago, when another blond woman had fallen to the devil that was his brother.

Katie raised a dark brow, her eyes twinkling with the very devil.

His eyes twinkled with the very devil, but his expression and tone were incredulous.

The name "flock" is given to a material formed of wool or cotton refuse, or of shreds of old woollen or cotton rags, torn by a machine known as a "devil."

Luther contemptuously dismissed him as a "devil's mouth."

East and west of the mountain and a little in advance of it are lesser hills, the Devil's Peak (3300 ft.) being to the east and Lion's Head (2100 ft.) to the west.

Tipperary, Ireland, pleasantly situated on undulating ground connecting the Devil's Bit and the Slieve Bloom mountains.