What part of speech is devil?

Devil can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. devil is a verb, present, 1st person singular of devil (infinitive).
  • 2. devil is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. devil is a noun, singular of devils.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does devil mean?

Definitions

Verb

devil - coat or stuff with a spicy paste; "devilled eggs"
devil - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

Noun

devil - an evil supernatural being
devil - a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"
devil - a cruel wicked and inhuman person
devil - (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
devil - a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard"

Examples of devil

#   Sentence  
1. noun What the devil.
2. noun "The black race is the people through which the devil has always been able to bring evil unto the earth," Jeffs has said as cited by the Southern Poverty Law Center's "Intelligence Report."
Sentence  
noun
What the devil.
"The black race is the people through which the devil has always been able to bring evil unto the earth," Jeffs has said as cited by the Southern Poverty Law Center's "Intelligence Report."

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