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devil
noun as in demon
Strong matches
Beelzebub, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Satan, adversary, dastard, djinn, fiend, genie, hellion, imp, monster, ogre, rogue, villain
Weak matches
Prince of Darkness, archfiend, beast, common enemy, diablo, evil one, the Erinyes, the dickens
Example Sentences
Playing devil’s advocate: He may be responding to a new person in his home who is being kind and helpful.
On the contrary, it will encourage students to explore dissenting ideas, even if only as a “devil’s advocate.”
Short remembered how Beckstrom loved cooking, baking and gardening, canning hot peppers, and eating deviled eggs.
Dust devils are small whirlwinds that form from hot air rising from the ground, and their internal movements can give rise to electrical discharges.
Friday's decisions move whale sharks, manta rays and devil rays onto Appendix I after countries on Thursday did the same for the critically endangered oceanic whitetip shark.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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