amerikai:
brit:
1. An evil creature.
Szinonimák: demon
Ellentétek: angel, god
2. (with article) The chief devil; Satan.
Ellentétek: God
3. A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
4. The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
The devil in me wants to let him suffer.
Ellentétek: angel, conscience
5. A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
Those two kids are devils in a toy store.
Szinonimák: imp, rascal, scamp, scoundrel
Ellentétek: angel, saint
6. A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
That math problem was a devil.
Szinonimák: bastard, bitch, bugger, stinker
Ellentétek: cakewalk, piece of cake
7. (with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
She is having a devil of a time fixing it.
Szinonimák: deuce, dickens, fuck, heck, hell
8. A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
Szinonimák: bugger, cow, sod
9. A dust devil.
10. (Christian Science) An evil or erring entity.
11. (in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
devil strip
12. A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
13. A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
14. A Tasmanian devil.
15. An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
2. To annoy or bother.
Szinonimák: bedevil
3. To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
4. To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy: