velns

Etymology
From the same stem as q.v.), with an extra n, perhaps under the influence of  (cf. expressions like   “black like the devil,” i.e., very bad), or maybe from a derivational suffix (cf. 🇨🇬 > > ). Cognates include 🇨🇬, dialectal.

Noun

 * 1)  the Devil; Satan the lord of hell, the king of evil spirits, the father of sin
 * 2)  devil in Latvian mythology, the ruler of the underworld where the souls of the dead go after death
 * 3)  devil, demon, evil spirit supernatural creature that does evil deeds
 * 4)  vice, bad habit, bad feelings
 * 5)  bad, evil person; energetic, turbulent person
 * 6)  devil's, devilish bad, harmful, undesirable, inappropriate
 * 7)  devil's, devilish very effective, very impressive
 * 1)  vice, bad habit, bad feelings
 * 2)  bad, evil person; energetic, turbulent person
 * 3)  devil's, devilish bad, harmful, undesirable, inappropriate
 * 4)  devil's, devilish very effective, very impressive
 * 1)  bad, evil person; energetic, turbulent person
 * 2)  devil's, devilish bad, harmful, undesirable, inappropriate
 * 3)  devil's, devilish very effective, very impressive
 * 1)  devil's, devilish bad, harmful, undesirable, inappropriate
 * 2)  devil's, devilish very effective, very impressive
 * 1)  devil's, devilish bad, harmful, undesirable, inappropriate
 * 2)  devil's, devilish very effective, very impressive
 * 1)  devil's, devilish very effective, very impressive
 * 1)  devil's, devilish very effective, very impressive

Usage notes
is the most frequent, more colloquial term, often used in less serious, less "evil" contexts than its more "theologically evil" synonyms or  (cf. 🇨🇬 in expressions like or   ! or  ).