Wiktionary
adv. (context idiomatic English) (non-gloss definition: Used to add emphasis to a question or statement.) n. (&lit the devil English)
WordNet
n. (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell [syn: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]
something difficult or awkward to do or deal with; "it will be the devil to solve"
Wikipedia
The Devil (XV) is the fifteenth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination.
The Devil is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Uhm Tae-woong, Ju Ji-hoon, and Shin Min-a. It aired on KBS2 from March 21 to May 24, 2007 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
The series is the second installment of the revenge trilogy by director Park Chan-hong and writer Kim Ji-woo, after Resurrection in 2005 and followed by Shark in 2013.
The Devil ( 1918) is a Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz. Later, the film was shot for American audiences by "Franz" Ferenc Molnar, in 1921 and starred George Arliss, in his film debut.
This film was considered to be a lost film. However, the film was recently rediscovered, and is currently being edited and remastered for release in 2011.
"The Devil" is a novella by Leo Tolstoy. It was written in 1889, given an alternative ending in 1909, but published only posthumously in 1911. Like Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata, written around the same time, "The Devil" deals with the consequences of sexual emotion.
Diabeł is a 1972 Polish historical film with elements of horror written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski. It was released in 1972. At the time of its release it was banned by the Communist government in Poland.
Iblis is a verse play (verse dram), tragedy in four acts of an Azerbaijani poet and playwright Huseyn Javid, written in 1918. Ideological credo of Javid is revealed in the play, a mysthic flaw is strongly expressed and the poet’s thoughts about a problem of human’s happiness followed by the imperialistic war are reflected in the poem.
Initially the tragedy was staged in 1920, by Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh. It’s noted that, at the beginning of 1920’s the play had a great success. “Iblis” is considered as the first verse play of Azerbaijan, which was put on the stage. It is also noted that the play is significant not only for its complex philosophic character, and also for a romantic style.
The play was published in 1924, for the first time. Later, it was published in 1927, 1959, 1969, 1982, 2001 and 2005. In the Small Soviet Encyclopedia of 1931, the work was called a poem. It is considered one of the best plays of Huseyn Javid.
The Devil is the fifth album by Blue Stahli, and his second vocal album following Blue Stahli. It was released in chapters, the first of which was released on December 17, 2013. The full album was released on October 2, 2015.
The Devil is a 1908 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film exists in the film archive of the Library of Congress.
Usage examples of "the devil".
I've had some success establishing devil worship here-with me as the devil, of course.
What if Memnoch wasn't the Devil, and God wasn't God, and the whole thing was some hideous hoax worked on us by monsters who are no better than we are!
He had heard Marquette Heller tell how Dutch and the mob ran after the thug had told them of the phony Indian who had been hit by the Devil’.
When Chantal had asked who could have taught them to Berta, some said it was the devil himself who appeared to her at night, while others swore that she invoked the spirit of a Celtic priest, using words her parents had taught her.
Well, for instance, should you ever meet a nice man whom you dont know and he offers you some sweets and asks you to go for a walk- down dropped his eyes to Mary Ann, and his voice dropped too, as he ended-Rest assured, Mary Ann, that will be the devil.
In his introduction he professes that he is going to tell you all about the game and that he's written a really practical book, by the aid of which anybody who likes can raise the devil, and perform all sorts of monkey tricks.
Uneasily, she wondered when the devil's dance would begin, and if anyone in Owlsden would notice her absence in time to come looking for her in the woods.
This man whom Monk had called the Devil Genghis must have been haunted by that voice through many a nightmare, to know it so swiftly.
By which means, when the spirits' frolic was over, they could not find that in all this hurry scurry the frighted butler had received the least damage, but was left in status quo upon the same premises, to prove the devil a liar.