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devil in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. 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"
    annoy  rag  get to  bother  get at  irritate  rile  nark  nettle  gravel  vex  chafe  devil 
  2. coat or stuff with a spicy paste
    "devilled eggs"
    devil 
noun
  1. an evil supernatural being
    devil  fiend  demon  daemon  daimon 
  2. a cruel wicked and inhuman person
    monster  fiend  devil  demon  ogre 
  3. a word used in exclamations of confusion
    "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"
    devil  deuce  dickens 
  4. a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
    "he chased the young hellions out of his yard"
    hellion  heller  devil 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University



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