(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
Noun
something difficult or awkward to do or deal with; "it will be the devil to solve"
Noun
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
Usage Examples
And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'
Beauty and the devil are the same thing.
It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child the standard of faith if He had known that it was not capable of understanding His words?
I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.
Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.
I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.
God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.
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Other Usage ExamplesGod Almighty never intended that the devil should triumph over the Church. He never intended that the saloons should walk rough-shod over Christianity.
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.
If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.
Be good. Do good. The devil wields no power over a good man.
Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into people's minds - people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language.
A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth.
A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today!