Home › Words › D › devilingdevilingdeviling means A small or young devil.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, deviling ranks #16,750 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom devil + -ling.nounA small or young devil.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.devilet 81% match — A little devil. vs deviling →deviless 74% match — A female devil. vs deviling →devility 74% match — The quality of being a devil or like a devil; devilishness. vs deviling →devilette 74% match — A little devil. vs deviling →devilish 73% match — Resembling a devil. vs deviling →devillike 70% match — Like a devil; diabolical. vs deviling →devilment 68% match — Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this. vs deviling →devilkin 67% match — A little devil. vs deviling →