blue devil

noun

A furious display of anger or frustration; a tantrum; a frantic outburst.

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Meanings

nounblue devil (plural blue devils)

plural blue devils

  1. East MidlandsdatedA furious display of anger or frustration; a tantrum; a frantic outburst.

    Synonyms: tantrum

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA furious display of anger or frustration; a tantrum; a frantic outburst.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States

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blueweedblue thistleviper's buglossEchium vulgare
Broader
herbherbaceous plant

nounthe sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

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amobarbital sodiumblueblue angelAmytal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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