the devil

Speech parts

1. the devil - Noun

2. the devil - Adverb

Meaning

something difficult or awkward to do or deal with

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dickens lucifer satan beelzebub ahriman deuce demon

Antonyms

lord almighty father creator

Hypernyms

difficulty trouble

Examples

it will be the devil to solve Source: Internet

According to Sulpicius Severus, he converted an Alpine brigand on the way, and confronted the Devil himself. Source: Internet

' After Meyerbeer 's successful opera Robert le Diable (1831), neo-medievalists and occultists began to apply the name Robin Goodfellow to the Devil, with appropriately extravagant imagery. Source: Internet

A quick-thinking Jack etches the sign of the cross into the bark, thus trapping the Devil. Source: Internet

Ancient members of the show's cast ceased to be included, such as the Devil and Punch's mistress "Pretty Polly," when they came to be seen as inappropriate for young audiences. Source: Internet

Although set up by the Catholic Church, a very famous document, in Latin, of a pact with the Devil he allegedly wrote has been preserved. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

the desert kingdom The Destroyer the deuce you say the devil a one the devil is a liar the devil is beating his wife