the devil
noun
1 the devil
Something difficult or awkward to do or deal with.
Roget 978:
Satan,
the Devil,
Lucifer,
Mephistopheles,
Ahriman†,
Belial;
Samael,
Zamiel,
Beelzebub,
the Prince of the Devils.
the tempter;
the evil one,
the evil spirit;
the Adversary;
the archenemy;
the author of evil,
the wicked one,
the old Serpent;
the Prince of darkness,
the Prince of this world,
the Prince of the power of the air;
the foul fiend,
the arch fiend;
the devil incarnate;
the common enemy,
the angel of the bottomless pit;
Abaddon†,
Apollyon†.
fallen angels,
unclean spirits,
devils;
the rulers,
the powers of darkness;
inhabitants of Pandemonium;
demon
etc.
980.
diabolism;
devilism†,
devilship†;
diabolology†;
satanism,
devil worship;
manicheism;
the cloven foot.
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