1. the devil - Noun
2. the devil - Adverb
something difficult or awkward to do or deal with
Source: WordNetit 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