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Devil

The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.

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Verb group 2

Chafe 84% connected

To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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Chafe 84% connected

To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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Manner of action 14

Antagonize 76% connected

To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

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Beset 76% connected

of Beset

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Chevy 76% connected

See Chivy, v. t.

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Chivy 76% connected

To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch.

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Fret 76% connected

See 1st Frith.

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Grate 76% connected

Serving to gratify; agreeable.

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Harass 76% connected

To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens o…

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Harry 76% connected

To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.

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Molest 76% connected

To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.

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Plague 76% connected

That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.

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Provoke 76% connected

To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

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Rankle 76% connected

To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.

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Ruffle 76% connected

To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

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Broader term 10

Cook 76% connected

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

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Displease 76% connected

To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at.…

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Exclaiming 76% connected

of Exclaim

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Exclamation 76% connected

A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling…

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Mischief-maker 76% connected

One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.

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Prepare 76% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Ready 76% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Troubler 76% connected

One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace.

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Narrower term 4

Demoniac 76% connected

Alt. of Demoniacal

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Incubus 76% connected

A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night.

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Succuba 76% connected

A female demon or fiend. See Succubus.

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Succubus 76% connected

A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus.

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Derivationally related 6

Botheration 74% connected

The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.

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Botheration 74% connected

The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.

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Vexation 74% connected

The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.

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Vexation 74% connected

The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.

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Vexer 74% connected

One who vexes or troubles.

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Vexer 74% connected

One who vexes or troubles.

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Synonym 16

Annoy 92% connected

To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.

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Bother 92% connected

To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

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Chafe 92% connected

To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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Daemon 92% connected

Alt. of Daemonic

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Demon 92% connected

A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.

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Deuce 92% connected

Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.

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Dickens 92% connected

The devil.

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Fiend 92% connected

An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon.

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Gravel 92% connected

Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

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Irritate 92% connected

To render null and void.

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Monster 92% connected

Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel.

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Nettle 92% connected

A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the…

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Ogre 92% connected

An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.

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Rag 92% connected

To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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Rile 92% connected

To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.

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Vex 92% connected

To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

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