possessed by the devil
ADJ
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English Definitions
N
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
devil
N
an evil supernatural being
devil
N
a word used in exclamations of confusion
devil
N
a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
devil
N
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
devil
V
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
devil
V
coat or stuff with a spicy paste
N
a member of the United States Marine Corps
N
trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
N
east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
N
a stinging herb of tropical America
N
small manta (to 4 feet) that travels in schools
N
evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
N
someone who worships devils
devil's advocate
N
someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument
N
a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers
N
a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae
N
annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
N
common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
devil's darning needle
N
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
N
any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America
N
common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
N
very dark chocolate cake
N
very dark chocolate cake
N
an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States
devil's milk
N
not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
N
foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
N
white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran
N
a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae
N
small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
N
tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
devil-may-care
cheerfully irresponsible
devil-may-care
marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
N
the acts or rites of worshiping devils
deviled egg
N
halved hard-cooked egg with the yolk mashed with mayonnaise and seasonings and returned to the white
N
medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
devilfish
N
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
devilfish
N
extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned
V
turn into a devil or make devilish
devilish
showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
devilish
playful in an appealingly bold way
devilish
in a playfully devilish manner
as a devil; in an evil manner
devilishly
in a playfully devilish manner
devilishly
(used as intensives) extremely
V
turn into a devil or make devilish
devilment
N
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
devilry
N
wicked and cruel behavior
devilry
N
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
deviltry
N
wicked and cruel behavior
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