dickens

noun

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as in deuce

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Recent Examples of dickens His absentee boss, whose own messaging often has been the dickens to decipher, obviously feels OK with what’s gone on here. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022 One very important part of that care is pruning, something that scares the dickens out of people. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2021
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  1. Satan
  2. Beelzebub
  3. Lucifer
Noun
  • Gibson also confirmed that Resurrection will include a depiction of Satan, portrayed in The Passion of the Christ by Rosalinda Celentano.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026
  • Dante and Virgil escape Hell by clambering down Satan's monstrous hide and through Earth's center of gravity.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 May 2026
Definition of Satan
Noun
  • Zoë survived two blasts and one mano a mano confrontation with Beelzebub!
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
  • 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
Definition of Beelzebub
Noun
  • O'Keefe said Lucifer would have likely been played by Freeman or Carrey.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • Her other credits include arcs on Burn Notice, Two and a Half Men, Suits, and Lucifer.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
Definition of Lucifer

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“Dickens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dickens. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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