devil in English

noun

1

(in Christian and Jewish belief) the chief evil spirit; Satan.

Did you find it any easier to avoid the Devil , to avoid evil when you were a monk?

synonyms: Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness, the Evil One, Old Nick

2

expressing surprise or annoyance in various questions or exclamations.

“Where the devil is he?”

3

an instrument or machine, especially one fitted with sharp teeth or spikes, used for tearing or other destructive work.

General Mitchel, of counsel for the defendant, produced a model which was intended to represent a machine used in Great Britain for cleaning cotton, denominated the "Teazer or Devil ."

4

a junior assistant of a lawyer or other professional.

While under the master's guidance, which is generally for a year, the newly qualified barrister is known as a devil .

verb

1

act as a junior assistant for a lawyer or other professional.

As I'd never (to my knowledge) supped with the devil, I was thrilled to find myself in the company of a junior barrister who's devilling at the moment.

2

harass or worry (someone).

he was deviled by a new-found fear

noun

Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness, the Evil One, Old Nick
evil spirit, demon, fiend, bogie, spook
brute, beast, monster, fiend, villain, sadist, barbarian, ogre
rascal, rogue, imp, fiend, monkey, wretch, monster, horror, scamp, tyke, varmint
wretch, unfortunate, creature, soul, person, fellow, thing, beggar
satan, lucifer, prince of darkness, old nick, the tempter
demon, daemon, fiend, daimon
deuce, dickens
hellion, heller
monster, demon, fiend, ogre

verb

irritate
irritate, annoy, rile, rag, nark, get at, get to, chafe, bother, gravel, vex, nettle

Use "devil" in a sentence

1. Devil May Cry series "Devil May Cry".

2. Once a devil, always a devil. 

3. Devil Scorpion

4. Is the devil we know better than the devil we don't know?

5. “Oppose the Devil”

6. The devil take hindmost.

7. Bites like the devil

8. You sly old devil!

9. He's an artful devil!

10. Old Black Mountain Devil?

11. Devil take the hindmost.

12. Speak of the devil.

13. The devil loves unspoken secrets.

14. He's a crafty old devil.

15. 17 The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.

16. The devil in here, bitch!

17. She whispered that the Devil hid behind the curtains, a red devil with a feathery red tail.

18. You're not welcome here, devil!

19. The Devil enters with Jacqueline.

20. The devil, Lord save us.

21. The devil takes the hindmost.

22. 4 Speak of the devil.

23. THE Devil stalks Jehovah’s servants.

24. He's a naughty little devil.

25. Bedevilment Madam Lydia Wilhelmina's Tarot ~ Devil

26. How can we oppose the Devil?

27. Berain - Devil Mental Discipline Remix )

28. The devil catch the hindmost.

29. The devil take the hindmost.

30. • How powerful is the Devil?

31. Since Cain acted like the Devil, it was just as if the Devil was his father.

32. You're a crafty old devil, Zedd.

33. Michael’s dispute with the Devil (9)

34. The Devil easily caught him alive.

35. We do not worship the Devil.

36. 2 Give the devil his due.

37. She was possessed by a devil.

38. They're the devil, these serial murders.

39. Such ideas, he said, were “weak fancied trifles” manufactured by “devil-raisers and devil-makers” who “cheated the ignorant world with a devil of their own making.”

40. Mrs. aglet is not the devil.

41. Is the Devil simply superstitious nonsense?

42. “Oppose the Devil” as Jesus Did

43. The Devil tempted Adam and Eve.

44. The devil is in the details.

45. The Devil raised yet another issue.

46. The instigator was Satan the Devil.

47. My niece is a little devil.

48. Backtrack "Devil Monogram" Baseball Jersey

49. Can you succeed in resisting the Devil?

50. Come here." Abashed the devil stood. "