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| n. (person) | 1. beelzebub, devil, lucifer, old nick, prince of darkness, satan, the tempter | (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell. | 
 |  ~ faith, religion, religious belief | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.; "he lost his faith but not his morality" | 
 |  ~ mohammedanism, muhammadanism, islam, islamism, muslimism | the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran.; "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion" | 
 |  ~ spiritual being, supernatural being | an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events. | 
| n. (person) | 2. daemon, daimon, demon, devil, fiend | an evil supernatural being. | 
 |  ~ evil spirit | a spirit tending to cause harm. | 
 |  ~ incubus | a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women. | 
 |  ~ succuba, succubus | a 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. | 
| n. (communication) | 3. deuce, devil, dickens | a word used in exclamations of confusion.; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" | 
 |  ~ exclaiming, exclamation | an abrupt excited utterance.; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" | 
| n. (person) | 4. devil, heller, hellion | a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man).; "he chased the young hellions out of his yard" | 
 |  ~ bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler | someone who deliberately stirs up trouble. | 
| n. (person) | 5. demon, devil, fiend, monster, ogre | a cruel wicked and inhuman person. | 
 |  ~ disagreeable person, unpleasant person | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable. | 
 |  ~ demoniac | someone who acts as if possessed by a demon. | 
| v. (emotion) | 6. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex | 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" | 
 |  ~ get under one's skin, get | irritate.; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" | 
 |  ~ eat into, rankle, grate, fret | gnaw into; make resentful or angry.; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" | 
 |  ~ chafe | feel extreme irritation or anger.; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" | 
 |  ~ peeve | cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful. | 
 |  ~ ruffle | trouble or vex.; "ruffle somebody's composure" | 
 |  ~ fret | cause annoyance in. | 
 |  ~ beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" | 
 |  ~ antagonize, antagonise | provoke the hostility of.; "Don't antagonize your boss" | 
 |  ~ displease | give displeasure to. | 
| v. (creation) | 7. devil | coat or stuff with a spicy paste.; "devilled eggs" | 
 |  ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" | 
 |  ~ ready, cook, prepare, fix, make | prepare for eating by applying heat.; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" | 
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