Definitions of DEVIL [ˈdɛv əl]

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Definition of 'DEVIL'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) devil
(sometimes cap.) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan.

2.  devil
a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God.

3.  devil
a wicked, cruel person.

4.  devil
a clever or mischievous person.

5.  devil
a person:
The lucky devil won the grand prize.

6.  devil
any of various devices, often with projecting teeth.

7.  devil
the devil, (used as an expletive or mild oath):
What the devil do you mean?

8. (v.t.) devil
to annoy; harass.

9.  devil
to prepare with hot or savory seasonings.

10.  devil
to become depraved.

Definition of 'DEVIL'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) 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

2. (noun) devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon
an evil supernatural being

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

4. (noun) hellion, heller, devil
a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
"he chased the young hellions out of his yard"

5. (verb) monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre
a cruel wicked and inhuman person

6. (verb) 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"

7. (verb) devil
coat or stuff with a spicy paste
"devilled eggs"

Definition of 'DEVIL'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) devil
the devil
the force of evil in some religions; = Satan
***She believes the devil made her do it.

2.  devil
a demon
***angels and devils

3.  devil
better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)
indicates a known situation or thing is better than an unknown one

4.  devil
speak/talk of the devil
indicates that the person you are talking about has just arrived
Speak of the devil - here's Jake!

Definition of 'DEVIL'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) DEVIL
the Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind

2. (noun) DEVIL
an evil spirit; a demon

3. (noun) DEVIL
a very wicked person; hence, any great evil

4. (noun) DEVIL
an expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation

5. (noun) DEVIL
a dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper

6. (noun) DEVIL
a machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc

7. (verb) DEVIL
to make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil

8. (verb) DEVIL
to grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper

Definitions of 'DEVIL'

The Roycroft Dictionary

DEVIL
A god who has been bounced for conduct unbecoming a gentleman.

Translation of 'DEVIL'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the spirit of evil; Satan He does not worship God; – he worships the Devil.
Afrikaans: duiwel, satan	Arabic: شَيْطان	Bulgarian: дявол
Brazilian: diabo	Czech: ďábel	German: der Teufel
Danish: satan; djævel	Greek: διάβολος	Spanish: demonio, diablo
Estonian: saatan	Farsi: شیطان؛ اهریمن	Finnish: saatana
French: diable	Hebrew: שָׂטָן	Hindi: शैतान
Croatian: vrag, zloduh	Hungarian: ördög	Indonesian: setan
Icelandic: djöfullinn	Italian: diavolo	Japanese: 魔王
Korean: 악령	Lithuanian: velnias	Latvian: velns; sātans
Malay: syaitan	Dutch: duivel	Norwegian: djevel
Polish: diabeł	Persian: شیطان؛ اهریمن	Pashto: شيطان، ظالم، او شرير سړى
Portuguese: diabo	Romanian: diavol	Russian: дьявол
Slovak: diabol	Slovenian: vrag	Serbian: đavo
Swedish: djävul	Thai: ซาตาน; ปีศาจ	Turkish: şeytan
Taiwanese: 魔鬼	Ukrainian: диявол, сатана	Urdu: شیطان
Vietnamese: ma quỷ	Chinese: 魔鬼
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