Definizione monolingua

devil

devil (third-person singular simple present devils, present participle deviling or devilling, simple past and past participle deviled or devilled)

1. To annoy or bother; to bedevil.
2. To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 401:

     He did not repeat the scathing estimate of her character by Quatrefages, who at that time spent one afternoon a week devilling at the Consulate, keeping the petty-cash box in order.

3. To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
4. To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
5. To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
   • Shes going to devil four dozen eggs for the picnic.

devil (plural devils)

1. (theology) A creature of hell.
2. (theology) (the devil or the Devil) The chief devil; Satan.
3. The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
   • The devil in me wants to let him suffer.
4. 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.
5. A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
   • That math problem was a devil.
6. (euphemistically, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
   • What in the devil is that? What the devil is that?
   • She is having a devil of a time fixing it.
   • You can go to the devil for all I care.
7. A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
8. A dust devil.
9. (religion, Christian Science) An evil or erroneous entity.
10. (dialectical, places) barren, unproductive and unused, as in devil strip.^[1][2]

Definizione dizionario devil

	diavolo
	the devil: the chief devil
	a creature of hell
	Title given to the supernatural being, who is believed to be a powerful, evil entity and the tempter of humankind.

demonio

	infastidire
	To make someone rather angry or impatient.

cavolo

cuocere in salsa piccante

demone

diavoletto

diàvolo

folletto

il diavolo

malvagio

satana

Altri significati:

person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him

(religion, Christian Science) An evil or erroneous entity.

(dialectical, places) barren, unproductive and unused, as in devil strip.

annoy or bother

To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.

(theology) ( the devil '''or''' the Devil ) The chief devil; Satan.

euphemistically, with an article: Hell (as an intensifier)

bad part of the conscience

To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.

grill with cayenne pepper

A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.

A dust devil.

wicked or naughty person

To annoy or bother; to bedevil.

A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.

thing that is awkward or difficult to understand

The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.

(euphemistically, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.

A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.

in Christian Science, an evil or erroneous entity

(theology) A creature of hell.

To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.