devil
devil
englantipaholainen, perkele, sielunvihollinen
Liittyvät sanat: devil-may-care
Synonyymisanakirja
devil
huudahdus, piru, hitto, pahus, helvetti, perkele, paha henki, paholainen, demoni, daimoni, Saatana, Sielunvihollinen, incubus, miespuolinen demoni, naispaholainen, succubus, succuba, dybbuk, dibbuk.
Sitaatit
- "Paholainen kävi tässä puhujankorokeella eilen (- -) ja rikinkatku haisee täällä vielä tänäänkin".
Rimmaavat sanat
devil rimmaa näiden kanssa:
cocktail, alkucocktail...
Englannin sanakirja
devil (englanti > suomi)
devil englanniksi
puhekieltä (the devil or the Devil) The chief devil; Satan.
The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
The devil in me wants to let him suffer.
A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
Those two kids are devils in a toy store.
A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
That math problem was a devil.
puhekieltä Hell.
What in the devil is that? What the devil is that?
She is having a devil of a time fixing it.
You can go to the devil for all I care.
A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
A dust devil.
puhekieltä A barren, unproductive and unused area.Dictionary of Regional American Englishhttp://www.word-detective.com/030600.htmldevilstrip Word Detective: Tales from the berm
(m)
puhekieltä A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
Sir Walter Scott
2008, Joyce L. Markovics, Tasmanian Devil: Nighttime Scavenger (page 8)
puhekieltä An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
1978, (w), Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), page 401:
To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
She's going to devil four dozen eggs for the picnic.