ALL meanings of deviled
dev·il
D d - noun deviled (of food) cooked with hot seasoning. 1
- noun deviled Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption. 1
- noun deviled an atrociously wicked, cruel, or ill-tempered person. 1
- noun deviled a person who is very clever, energetic, reckless, or mischievous. 1
- noun deviled a person, usually one in unfortunate or pitiable circumstances: The poor devil kept losing jobs through no fault of his own. 1
- noun deviled Also called printer's devil. Printing. a young worker below the level of apprentice in a printing office. 1
- noun deviled any of various mechanical devices, as a machine for tearing rags, a machine for manufacturing wooden screws, etc. 1
- noun deviled Nautical. (in deck or hull planking) any of various seams difficult to caulk because of form or position. 1
- noun deviled any of various portable furnaces or braziers used in construction and foundry work. 1
- noun deviled the devil, (used as an emphatic expletive or mild oath to express disgust, anger, astonishment, negation, etc.): What the devil do you mean by that? 1
- verb with object deviled to annoy; harass; pester: to devil Mom and Dad for a new car. 1
- verb with object deviled to tear (rags, cloth, etc.) with a devil. 1
- verb with object deviled Cookery. to prepare (food, usually minced) with hot or savory seasoning: to devil eggs. 1
- idioms deviled between the devil and the deep (blue) sea, between two undesirable alternatives; in an unpleasant dilemma. 1
- idioms deviled devil of a, extremely difficult or annoying; hellish: I had a devil of a time getting home through the snow. 1
- idioms deviled give the devil his due, to give deserved credit even to a person one dislikes: To give the devil his due, you must admit that she is an excellent psychologist. 1
- idioms deviled go to the devil, to fail completely; lose all hope or chance of succeeding. to become depraved. (an expletive expressing annoyance, disgust, impatience, etc.) 1
- idioms deviled let the devil take the hindmost, to leave the least able or fortunate persons to suffer adverse consequences; leave behind or to one's fate: They ran from the pursuing mob and let the devil take the hindmost. 1
- idioms deviled play the devil with, to ruin completely; spoil: The financial crisis played the devil with our investment plans. 1
- idioms deviled raise the devil, to cause a commotion or disturbance. to celebrate wildly; revel. to make an emphatic protest or take drastic measures. 1
- idioms deviled the devil to pay, trouble to be faced; mischief in the offing: If conditions don't improve, there will be the devil to pay. 1
- verb deviled simple past tense and past participle of devil; alternative spelling of devilled. 0