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as in Satan
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the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell
the Devil is traditionally seen as a being who relentlessly tempts people to commit evil
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as in demon
an evil spirit
acted as if possessed by some devil
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as in man
a member of the human race
that poor devil never did achieve his dream
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as in monkey
an appealingly mischievous person
why, you little devil!
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
he's a devil to everyone he does business with
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as in to torment
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Recent Examples of devil
Andy Andersen, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Sipping whiskey, a wise devil offers: Advice love, giant love,
self love, superstar love,
dumb love, trouble love?
—Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2023
So understanding the strange tricks that devil facial tumor disease, or DFTD, has evolved to ensure its survival should shed new light on cancer writ large.
—Julie Rehmeyer, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2014
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Noun
Better to be the lowest-down dirtiest devil of the underground than get your ass handed to you by one.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Sipping whiskey, a wise devil offers: Advice love, giant love,
self love, superstar love,
dumb love, trouble love?
—Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
It’s also designed to better accommodate female astronauts, a problem that has deviled the space agency in the past.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2023
So understanding the strange tricks that devil facial tumor disease, or DFTD, has evolved to ensure its survival should shed new light on cancer writ large.
—Julie Rehmeyer, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for devil
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Savoie has now passed both Satan and Smyth in AHL games, and the Oilers have zero need for a skill winger on the NHL roster at this time.Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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The Witch’s family of Puritan exiles spend the film terrorized by a creepy goat that’s also Satan, but there’s a distinct beauty to the scenes around the family dinner table, barely lit by a lone lantern.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
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Audiard long had imagined an internal struggle within Emilia between man and woman, demon and angel.Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
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Off to Buffalo: Will the last demon exorcised from Empower Field please turn out the lights?Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
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The first batch of six lawsuits, filed on Oct. 14, lays out allegations from several men and women, including a then-16-year-old boy.William Earl, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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Neil Young, famously a man who wants to live and give, has offered his own form of a Letterboxd review for A Complete Unknown on his archives website.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite.Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office started receiving reports about the monkey near a local highway on Friday afternoon.Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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Also tossed in are picturesque but gratuitous use of famous tourist landmarks as background, near-superheroic training montages, credible intimate character dynamics, a ruthless villain (Johan Heldenbergh as Vanaken) and action that in the home stretch goes absurdly over-the-top.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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And though Young and (especially) the perpetrators of the massacre are clearly the villains of the piece, their past history at least partly explains their choices.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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The works often portray white cowboys on horseback in conflict with Indigenous people.Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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Tim Blake Nelson sets the stage beautifully with his opening bit about a singing cowboy, but there are a number of scene-stealers here including Harry Melling, Tom Waits, and Bill Heck.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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While understandable, simply passing the problem off to another part of the organization ensures that this person will continue to torment future colleagues in other teams.Charlotte Sweeney OBE, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Rams, winners of five straight, have the passing game chops to torment the Commanders’ secondary, especially if Lattimore isn’t back from his hamstring injury.Ben Standig, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Deadline broke the news that Tom Ellis (Lucifer) joined Season 2 in the role of Baird College professor Oliver, who is married to Lucy’s teacher Marianne (Gabriella Pession).Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
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Kelly and her sister have shared cool sister-bonding experiences In a 2019 segment for The Kelly Clarkson Show, Kelly, Alyssa and their mom Jeanne were treated to a private tour of their favorite show Lucifer, led by lead actor Tom Ellis.Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Devil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devil. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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