Noun devil has 5 senses
  1. Satan, Old Nick, Devil, the 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
    --1 is a kind of spiritual being, supernatural being
    Derived form: verb devilize1
  2. devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon - one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief
    --2 is a kind of evil spirit
    --2 has particulars: incubus; succubus, succuba; dybbuk, dibbuk
    Derived form: verb devilize1
  3. devil, deuce, dickens - a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"
    --3 is a kind of exclamation, exclaiming
  4. hellion, heller, devil - a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard"
    --4 is a kind of troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, mischief-maker, bad hat
  5. monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre - a cruel wicked and inhuman person
    --5 is a kind of unpleasant person, disagreeable person
    --5 has particulars: demoniac
    Derived form: verb devilize1
,Verb devil has 2 senses
  1. 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"
    --1 is one way to displease
    Derived forms: noun devilment1, noun deviltry2, noun devilry2
    Sample sentence:
    The performance is likely to devil Sue
  2. devil - coat or stuff with a spicy paste; "devilled eggs"
    --2 is one way to
    cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
    Sample sentence:
    The chefs devil the vegetables
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