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Fiend Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fiend? [n] one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief [n] a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill [n] a cruel wicked and inhuman person Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fiend: daemon \| daimon \| demon \| devil \| fanatic \| monster \| ogre Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fiend: acidhead \| addict \| aficionado \| afreet \| alcoholic \| ape-man \| Apollyon \| Baba Yaga \| barghest \| beast \| Beelzebub \| beldam \| berserk \| berserker \| bigot \| bomber \| brute \| buff \| bug \| cacodemon \| chain smoker \| cocaine sniffer \| cokie \| collector \| cubehead \| daeva \| demon \| devil \| devil incarnate \| devotee \| diablo \| dipsomaniac \| dope fiend \| doper \| dragon \| drug abuser \| drug addict \| drug user \| drunkard \| dybbuk \| eager beaver \| energumen \| enthusiast \| evil genius \| evil spirit \| faddist \| fan \| fanatic \| fiend from hell \| firebrand \| fire-eater \| follower \| freak \| fury \| genie \| genius \| ghoul \| glue sniffer \| goon \| gorilla \| great one for \| gunsel \| gyre \| habitual \| hardnose \| harpy \| head \| heavy smoker \| hellcat \| hellhound \| hellion \| hellkite \| hell-raiser \| hobbyist \| holy terror \| hood \| hoodlum \| hophead \| hothead \| hotspur \| hound \| hype \| incendiary \| incubus \| infatuate \| jinni \| jinniyeh \| junkie \| killer \| lamia \| Lilith \| LSD user \| Lucifer \| mad dog \| madcap \| Mafioso \| maniac \| marijuana smoker \| methhead \| monster \| mugger \| narcotics addict \| nut \| ogre \| ogress \| Old Nick \| Old Scratch \| pillhead \| pothead \| pursuer \| rakshasa \| rapist \| revolutionary \| rhapsodist \| Satan \| savage \| serpent \| shedu \| she-wolf \| snowbird \| speed freak \| spitfire \| succubus \| sucker for \| termagant \| terror \| terrorist \| the undead \| tiger \| tigress \| tough \| tough guy \| tripper \| ugly customer \| user \| vampire \| violent \| virago \| visionary \| vixen \| werewolf \| wild beast \| witch \| wolf \| yogini \| Young Turk \| zealot See Also \| demoniac \| dibbuk \| disagreeable person \| dybbuk \| enthusiast \| evil spirit \| incubus \| partisan \| partizan \| succuba \| succubus \| unpleasant person Fiend In Webster's Dictionary \Fiend\, n. [OE. fend, find, fiend, feond, fiend, foe, AS. fe['o]nd; akin to OS. f[=i]ond, D. vijand enemy, OHG. f[=i]ant, G. feind, Icel. fj[=a]nd, Sw. & Dan. fiende, Goth. fijands; orig. p. pr. of a verb meaning to hate, AS. fe['o]n, fe['o]gan, OHG. f[=i]?n, Goth. fijan, Skr. p[=i]y to scorn; prob. akin to E. feud a quarrel. [root]81. Cf. {Foe}, {Friend}.] An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon. Into this wild abyss the wary fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while. --Milton. O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. --Pope.

Fiend Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fiend?

[n] one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief
[n] a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill
[n] a cruel wicked and inhuman person

Fiend In Webster's Dictionary

\Fiend\, n. [OE. fend, find, fiend, feond, fiend, foe, AS.
fe['o]nd; akin to OS. f[=i]ond, D. vijand enemy, OHG.
f[=i]ant, G. feind, Icel. fj[=a]nd, Sw. & Dan. fiende, Goth.
fijands; orig. p. pr. of a verb meaning to hate, AS. fe['o]n,
fe['o]gan, OHG. f[=i]?n, Goth. fijan, Skr. p[=i]y to scorn;
prob. akin to E. feud a quarrel. [root]81. Cf. {Foe},
{Friend}.]
An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically
wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically
to the devil or a demon.

      Into this wild abyss the wary fiend Stood on the brink
      of Hell and looked a while.              --Milton.

      O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell
      contains no fouler fiend.                --Pope.

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