devil

devil is a 5-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.
2. noun. An evil spirit; a demon.
3. noun. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.
4. noun. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.
5. noun. A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
6. noun. A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
7. transitive verb. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
8. transitive verb. To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
9. noun. a word used in exclamations of confusion

   "what the devil"

   "the deuce with it"

   Synonyms: deuce, dickens

10. noun. an evil supernatural being

    Synonyms: daemon, daimon, demon, fiend

11. noun. (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

    Synonyms: beelzebub, lucifer, satan

12. noun. a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)

    "he chased the young hellions out of his yard"

    Synonyms: heller, hellion

13. noun. a cruel wicked and inhuman person

    Synonyms: demon, fiend, monster, ogre

14. verb. coat or stuff with a spicy paste

    "devilled eggs"

15. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex

Synonyms

deuce, dickens, daemon, daimon, demon, fiend, beelzebub, lucifer, satan, heller, hellion, monster, ogre, annoy, bother, chafe, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in devil:

divel, lived

Common word forms

devils, deviled, deviler, deviling, devilise, devility, devilize, devilled, devilling, devilment

Words from these letters

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