Unscramble devils

Definition of devil

noun:

• (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell. Synonyms: Beelzebub, Devil, Lucifer, Old Nick, Prince of Darkness, Satan, the Tempter.
• an evil supernatural being. Synonyms: daemon, daimon, demon, fiend.
• a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil", "the deuce with it", "the dickens you say". Synonyms: deuce, dickens.
• a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard". Synonyms: heller, hellion.
• a cruel wicked and inhuman person. Synonyms: demon, fiend, monster, ogre.

verb:

• 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". Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex.
• coat or stuff with a spicy paste; "devilled eggs".

Related words

antagonise, antagonize, beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, demoniac, dibbuk, dybbuk, fret, get, grate, harass, harry, hassle, incubus, molest, peeve, plague, provoke, rankle, ruffle, succuba, succubus.

Words nearby

devi, evil.

Rhymes with

bedevil, bevel, dishevel, level, multilevel, multilevel, revel.