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variants:
or devilling
present participle of devil
Synonyms & Antonyms of deviling
as in getting, tormenting
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for deviling
- aggravating,
- annoying,
- bedeviling,
- chafing,
- dogging,
- dunning,
- exasperating,
- fretting,
- galling,
- getting,
- gnawing,
- grating,
- hassling,
- irking,
- irritating,
- nettling,
- peeving,
- persecuting,
- piquing,
- putting out,
- rankling,
- rasping,
- riling,
- roiling,
- tormenting,
- vexing,
- worrying
- angering,
- antagonizing,
- enraging,
- incensing,
- inflaming
- (also enflaming),
- infuriating,
- maddening,
- outraging
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for deviling
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“Deviling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviling. Accessed 4 Jul. 2022.
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