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Meaning of devil

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Devil
      n 1: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of
           evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of
           Hell [syn: {Satan}, {Old Nick}, {Devil}, {Lucifer},
           {Beelzebub}, {the Tempter}, {Prince of Darkness}]
      2: an evil supernatural being [syn: {devil}, {fiend}, {demon},
         {daemon}, {daimon}]
      3: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil";
         "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" [syn: {devil},
         {deuce}, {dickens}]
      4: a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he
         chased the young hellions out of his yard" [syn: {hellion},
         {heller}, {devil}]
      5: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: {monster}, {fiend},
         {devil}, {demon}, {ogre}]
      v 1: 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" [syn: {annoy}, {rag}, {get to}, {bother}, {get
           at}, {irritate}, {rile}, {nark}, {nettle}, {gravel}, {vex},
           {chafe}, {devil}]
      2: coat or stuff with a spicy paste; "devilled eggs"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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