Overview of noun devil

The noun devil has 5 senses

• Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness -- ((Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell)


• devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon -- (an evil supernatural being)


• devil, deuce, dickens -- (a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say")


• hellion, heller, devil -- (a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard")


• monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre -- (a cruel wicked and inhuman person)

Overview of verb devil

The verb devil has 2 senses

• annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil -- (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves")


• devil -- (coat or stuff with a spicy paste; "devilled eggs")