Devil (
http://definr.com/Devil)
n 1: (Judeo-Christian religion) chief spirit of evil and
adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
[syn:
Satan,
Old Nick,
Devil,
the Devil,
Lucifer,
Beelzebub,
the Tempter,
Prince of Darkness]
2: one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian
belief [syn:
fiend,
demon,
daemon,
daimon]
3: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"
or "the deuce with it" or "the dickens you say" [syn:
deuce,
dickens]
4: a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he
chased the young hellions out of his yard" [syn:
hellion,
heller]
5: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn:
monster,
fiend,
demon,
ogre]
v 1: cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations:
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It
irritates me that she never closes the door after she
leaves" [syn:
annoy,
rag,
get to,
bother, {get
at},
irritate,
rile,
nark,
nettle,
gravel,
vex,
chafe]
2: coat or stuff with a spicy paste: "devilled eggs"