deviled

verb

variants or devilled
Definition of devilednext
past tense of devil
as in grated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviled
  1. aggravated
  2. exasperated
  3. bedeviled
  4. annoyed
  5. riled
  6. vexed
  7. worried
  8. put out
Verb
  • The revelations only aggravated the instability of the Barnier government, built on the wobbliest base of any since the start of the Fifth Republic.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
  • According to SiriusXM, many of the statistics cited in the attorney general’s lawsuit were exaggerated and, based on the 2020 time period that the state investigated, aggravated by the effects of the COVID pandemic.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of aggravated
Verb
  • With none of the interviews resulting in a confession, there was still no arrest — something that exasperated the Lamesch family.
    Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Production slumps have been exasperated by striking workers who are demanding pay raises and reached an impasse with the aerospace company this week.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of exasperated
Verb
  • But the East Coast outpost, which originally was slated to open in June, has been bedeviled by a series of setbacks, from construction snafus to red-tape issues with the city’s landmarks preservation watchdogs to lengthy struggles over building permits.
    Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
  • And so, a fearful month begins, bedeviled by US electoral paralysis, in which any notions of the outgoing Biden administration being able to rein in Israel seem a little fanciful.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of bedeviled
Verb
  • Or annoyed at the waste of time and money?
    Marianne Krasny, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Not all residents are annoyed by their plucky neighbors’ antics, though.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of annoyed
Verb
  • Reddit Reacts Many users have been riled up by the situation and have sided with the mom.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Zach Bryan stopped a concert Saturday night after a fan riled him up at his Washington show.
    Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of riled
Verb
  • Those obstacles, which vexed Harris and her predecessors, are part of the same curse that could shape the future presidential prospects of Vice President-elect JD Vance.
    Ian Prasad Philbrick, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • This, in turn, caused people to desert the label in droves, furious that a streaming service had the power to dictate who got popular or vexed that new artists making emo rap and other genre-fusions were included.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of vexed
Verb
  • But that hasn't worried Republicans, who will have a 53-47 majority in the Senate next year.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Regulators and unions also worried about the job security of the 60,000 workers at the stores being sold.
    Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of worried
Verb
  • Anderson Humane puts out call for pet fostering volunteers Anderson Humane in South Elgin is in urgent need of people to help foster pets waiting for adoption over the holiday season.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In 2020, Duke University Press put out a book of O’Grady’s writings that was edited by Aruna D’Souza, who in 2022 curated a Brooklyn Museum retrospective for the artist with Catherine Morris.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of put out
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