deviled

variants or devilled
past tense of devil

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviled
Verb
  • Raw turnips can also be grated and used as a garnish.
    Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Sprinkle finely grated semisweet chocolate evenly over top of cake.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Unfortunately, the wasps had already gnawed much of it, but that is not necessarily a bad sign.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There were gnaw marks on a chocolate bar on the floor, and a bag of peanuts under the hard candy shelf had been gnawed open.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Florida had a shot at a program-defining win against the rival that tormented it the most.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Defend itself against any person or animal which has tormented, assaulted or abused it.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But those movements further irritated a rib injury that Hendrix first sustained during Wicked night.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The decision by Aaron Turner, Kuminga’s agent, to go on a media tour in recent weeks while negotiating publicly in hopes of landing a better offer for Kuminga, irritated some with the organization, according to league sources.
    Nick Friedell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The apology came after a sustained campaign by historians and activists who argued that the victims were persecuted for being poor, vulnerable, or simply different.
    James Frater, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Zverev has intermittently heeded the advice, but his last match before the start of the Tour Finals ended in a 6-0, 6-1 shellacking by Sinner, aggravated by swelling in his right ankle.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Purdy aggravated his toe on Levi’s Stadium’s grass in Week 4, so that could happen again anywhere.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The two sides, now locked into competitive postures, might also simply grow exasperated with each another and announce new trade restrictions out of the blue.
    Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Overcrowding and unsanitary conditions were already a problem, and the new inmates only exasperated them, according to court documents.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fraser was bedeviled by Elizabeth Hurley’s Beelzebub in Bedazzled (2000), earned career-best reviews for the Vietnam drama The Quiet American (2002), and landed a role in the Best Picture-winning Crash (2004).
    Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Advertisement The road to Tuesday’s win was one that bedeviled Democratic leaders for months.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Deviled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviled. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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