About The Word Demon

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Demon

Demon Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Demon?
[n] one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief
[n] someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math" [n] a cruel wicked and inhuman person Synonyms | Synonyms for Demon: daemon | daimon | devil | fiend | monster | ogre Related Terms | Find terms related to Demon: addict | afreet | ape-man | atua | Baba Yaga | barghest | beast | beldam | berserk | berserker | bomber | brute | bug | cacodemon | collector | daemon | daeva | damned spirits | demonkind | demons | denizens of hell | devil | devil incarnate | dragon | dybbuk | eager beaver | energumen | enthusiast | evil genius | evil spirit | evil spirits | faddist | fanatic | fiend | fiend from hell | firebrand | fire-eater | freak | fury | genie | genius | ghoul | goon | gorilla | great one for | gunsel | gyre | hardnose | harpy | hellcat | hellhound | hellion | hellish host | hellkite | hell-raiser | His Satanic Majesty | hobbyist | holy terror | hood | hoodlum | host of hell | hothead | hotspur | hound | incendiary | incubus | infatuate | inhabitants of Pandemonium | intelligence | jinni | jinniyeh | killer | lamia | Lilith | lost souls | Lucifer | mad dog | madcap | Mafioso | monster | mugger | nut | ogre | ogress | powers of darkness | pursuer | rakshasa | rapist | revolutionary | rhapsodist | Satan | Satanas | savage | shedu | she-wolf | souls in hell | specter | spirit | spitfire | succubus | sucker for | supernatural being | termagant | terror | terrorist | the Adversary | the archenemy | the Arch-fiend | the Common Enemy | the damned | the Demon | the Devil | the Devil Incarnate | the Evil One | the Evil Spirit | the Fiend | the Foul Fiend | the lost | the Old Enemy | the Old Serpent | the serpent | the Tempter | the undead | the Wicked One | tiger | tigress | tough | tough guy | ugly customer | vampire | violent | virago | visionary | vixen | werewolf | wild beast | witch | wolf | yogini | Young Turk | zealot See Also | actor | demoniac | dibbuk | disagreeable person | doer | dybbuk | evil spirit | incubus | succuba | succubus | unpleasant person | worker Demon In Webster's Dictionary \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil
spirit, fr. Gr. ? a divinity; of uncertain origin.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a
middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between
the divine and the human. --Sydenham.
2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the
demon of Socrates. [Often written {d[ae]mon}.]
3. An evil spirit; a devil.
That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. --Shak.
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