About The Word Fiend
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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.
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