I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.
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Mephistopheles
//ˌmɛ.fɪˈstɒ.fɪ.liːz//
Synonyms for "mephistopheles" (21 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Proper Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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7 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مِفِسْتُوفِيلِيس name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Armenian
1 entries- Մեֆիստոֆելես name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Catalan
1 entries- Mefistòfil name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 梅菲斯托費勒斯 /梅菲斯托费勒斯 name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Czech
1 entries- Mefistofeles name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Dutch
1 entries- Mephistopheles name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Esperanto
1 entries- Mefistofelo name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Finnish
1 entries- Mefisto name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
French
1 entries- Méphistophélès name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Georgian
1 entries- მეფისტოფელი name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
German
1 entries- Mephistopheles name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Greek
1 entries- Μεφιστοφελής name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Italian
1 entries- Mefistofele name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Japanese
1 entries- メフィストフェレス name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Korean
1 entries- 메피스토펠레스 name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Marathi
1 entries- मेफिस्टोफीलीस name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Occitan
1 entries- Mefistofeles name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Polish
1 entries- Mefistofeles name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Portuguese
1 entries- Mefistófeles name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Russian
1 entries- Мефисто́фель name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Spanish
1 entries- Mefistófeles name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Мефісто́фель name (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
When I'm at the pearly gates / This'll be on my videotape, my videotape / When Mephistopheles is just beneath / And he's reaching up to grab me
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Poison in my idle mind makes quick work for the Mephistopheles, / Who quickly makes his excuses
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A man weeping in moral torment over bags of money; another so bored, depressed and isolated that he can barely raise his eyes to yet another shopping cart full of cash. These are the products of what I have come to think of as Donaldson in full Mephistopheles mode. “Look what these creatures of flesh and blood will do for cash,” he seems constantly on the verge of intoning, as he observes his subjects like so many mazed rats.
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