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Devil

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28 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

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fiendnounA very evil person.
demonnounAn evil supernatural spirit.
monsternounA terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
daemonnoun(computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.
daimonnoun(Greek mythology) A tutelary deity or spirit that watches over a person or place.
nettlenounAny plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
vexverb(transitive) To annoy, irritate.
narknoun(transitive, intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle.
gravelnoun(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
lucifernounSatan, the Devil.
botherverb(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
irritateverb(transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
annoyverb(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
rileverb(in particular) To make angry.
hellionnounAn unruly, rowdy or mischievous person, especially a child.
get toverb(transitive) To reach or arrive at (a physical or abstract destination, or state of doing a certain activity).
get atverbTo manage to gain access to.
beelzebubnoun(Christianity) Satan, the Devil.
deucenounThe number two.
dickensnounIn the phrase the dickens (Used as an intensifier).
hellernounA subdivision of the Czech, Slovakian and Czechoslovakian koruna. 100 hellers make up one koruna.
ogrenoun(mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
old nicknounThe Devil; Satan.
prince of darknessnoun(uncountable) Satan; the Devil.
ragnoun(especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).

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WordDefinition
demonnounAn evil supernatural spirit.
prince of darknessnoun(uncountable) Satan; the Devil.
dickensnounIn the phrase the dickens (Used as an intensifier).
old nicknounThe Devil; Satan.
fiendnounA very evil person.
daimonnoun(Greek mythology) A tutelary deity or spirit that watches over a person or place.
daemonnoun(computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.
the devilnounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see the, devil.
satannoun(religion) The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin; the Devil; (Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.
ogrenoun(mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
beelzebubnoun(Christianity) Satan, the Devil.
monsternounA terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
narknoun(UK, Ireland) A police spy or informer.
hellionnounAn unruly, rowdy or mischievous person, especially a child.
get atverbTo manage to gain access to.
ragnoun(especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).
rileverb(in particular) To make angry.
irritateverb(transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
annoynoun(literary, archaic) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
bothernounTrouble, inconvenience.

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