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Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub, Asmodeus,Abaddon, Apollyon, Belial, Lord of the Flies, prince ofdarkness, spirit of evil, evil spirit, cacodemon or cacodaemon,evil one, wicked one, archfiend, Fiend, deuce, Scots Clootie;Colloq Old Harry, (Old) Nick, US (Old) Scratch: In medievaltimes the devil was given horns, a tail, and cloven hooves. 2brute, fiend, demon, beast, ogre, monster, rogue, scoundrel,rake, knave, rakehell, villain, ghoul, hell-hound, vampire,barbarian; witch, hell-cat, shrew, termagant, vixen, virago,ogress, harpy, hag, Xanthippe or Xantippe, crone: If you hit meagain Ill phone the police, you devil!
Fellow, person, chap,wretch, bloke, guy, beggar, unfortunate, Colloq bugger, Britsod: The poor devil lost an arm at Gallipoli.
Imp, scamp,rascal, fox, slyboots, sly dog, rapscallion, confidence man,trickster, Colloq operator, smoothie, smooth or slick operator,con man, con artist: The little devil has stolen our hearts.The devil wormed his way into our confidence and then made offwith our money. 5 like the devil. exceedingly, extremely,excessively, violently, speedily, confoundedly, deucedly: Thecar was going like the devil when it hit the tree. She foughtlike the devil to protect the house. 6 - the devil. in heavensname, the dickens, in the world, on Gods green earth, in hell:What the devil do you think you are doing? Who the devil is she?Where the devil have you put my trousers?
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Colloq.something difficult or awkward (this door is a devil to open).7 (the devil or the Devil) colloq. used as an exclamation ofsurprise or annoyance (who the devil are you?).
(inimper.) depart at once. like the devil with great energy. playthe devil with cause severe damage to. printer's devil hist.an errand-boy in a printing office. speak (or talk) of thedevil said when a person appears just after being mentioned.the very devil (predic.) colloq. a great difficulty ornuisance. [OE deofol f. LL diabolus f. Gk diabolos accuser,slanderer f. dia across + ballo to throw]
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