| 单词 | devil |
| 释义 | devil (once / 155 pages) 1nv 2v A devil is profoundly bad spirit, being, or monster. Your religious uncle might blame all bad behavior on the influence of the devil. In Christianity, the devil (which is sometimes capitalized), is the essence of evil, also known as Satan. The word is also used to mean a very hateful or cruel human: "He must be a devil, to hurt a kitten like that," or sometimes a mischievous trickster: "What a little devil she is, always playing practical jokes." When you devil someone, you annoy or bother them: "We loved to devil the cranky old man next door." WORD FAMILYdevil: deviled, deviling, devilise, devilish, devilize, devilled, devilling, devilment, devilry, devils, deviltry, diabolic+/devilish: devilishly/devilment: devilments/devilry: devilries/deviltry: deviltries/diabolic: diabolical, diabolically, diabolise, diabolize/diabolise: diabolised, diabolising/diabolize: diabolized, diabolizing USAGE EXAMPLES“But the devil is always in the details.” Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) He faces a devil’s choice between slogging through another season at the outdated Qualcomm Stadium or becoming the second team in Los Angeles. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) “I think the worst was Hitler. And I kept thinking ‘I don't want to play the devil this time. Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1 1n an evil supernatural being Syn|Hypo|Hyper daemon, daimon, demon, fiend incubus a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women succuba, succubusa female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men dibbuk, dybbuk(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior evil spirit a spirit tending to cause harm 2n a cruel wicked and inhuman person Syn|Hypo|Hyper demon, fiend, monster, ogre demoniac someone who acts as if possessed by a demon disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable 3n a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man) Syn|Hyper heller, hellion bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler someone who deliberately stirs up trouble 4n a word used in exclamations of confusion what the devil Syn|Hyper deuce, dickens exclaiming, exclamation an abrupt excited utterance 5v cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper annoy, bother, chafe, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex chafe feel extreme irritation or anger get, get under one's skin irritate eat into, fret, grate, ranklegnaw into; make resentful or angry peevecause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful ruffletrouble or vex fretcause annoyance in beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provokeannoy continually or chronically antagonise, antagonizeprovoke the hostility of goad, needlegoad or provoke,as by constant criticism bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, tormenttreat cruelly hazeharass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions displease give displeasure to v coat or stuff with a spicy paste devilled eggs Hyper cook, fix, make, prepare, ready prepare for eating by applying heat Devil (once / 805 pages) n WORD FAMILY Devil: Devils USAGE EXAMPLESGoldmark also last month approved expanding nearby Devil’s Lake Conservation Area from 80 acres to 495 acres. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Sun Devils dribbled down the clock and Reili Richardson’s layup rolled off before the buzzer. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) After the game, Devils Coach John Hynes said that Moore was hospitalized but would be released Saturday afternoon. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) n (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell Syn|Exp Beelzebub, Lucifer, Old Nick, Prince of Darkness, Satan, the Tempter spiritual being, supernatural being an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events |
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