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fiend

(fēnd)

a. An evil spirit; a demon.

b. The Devil; Satan.

c. A diabolically evil or wicked person.

2. Informal One who is addicted to something: a dope fiend.

3. Informal One who is completely absorbed in or obsessed with a given job or pastime: a crossword-puzzle fiend.

4. Informal One who is particularly adept at something: a fiend with computers.

v. fiend·ed, fiend·ing, fiends Slang

v.tr.

To crave (a drug, for example): fiended cocaine.

v.intr.

To have an intense desire for something: fiended for the band's new release.

[Middle English, from Old English fēond; see pē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

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fiend

(fiːnd)

1. an evil spirit; demon; devil

2. a person who is extremely wicked, esp in being very cruel or brutal

3. informal

a. a person who is intensely interested in or fond of something: a fresh-air fiend; he is a fiend for cards.

b. an addict: a drug fiend.

4. (informal) a mischievous or spiteful person, esp a child

[Old English fēond; related to Old Norse fjāndi enemy, Gothic fijands, Old High German fīant]

ˈfiendˌlike adj

Fiend

(fiːnd)

(Bible) the Fiend the devil; Satan

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fiend

(find)

n.

1. Satan.

2. a demon.

3. a diabolically cruel or wicked person.

4. Informal.

a. buff; fan: a baseball fiend.

b. addict: dope fiends.

5. Informal. a person who is outstandingly skilled at something; whiz.

[before 900; Middle English feend, Old English fēond; c. Old Saxon fīond, Old High German fīant, Old Norse fjandr, Gothic fijands foe]

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Noun	1.	fiend - a cruel wicked and inhuman person ogre, demon, monster, devil disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable demoniac - someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
	2.	fiend - an evil supernatural being daemon, daimon, demon, devil evil spirit - a spirit tending to cause harm incubus - a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women succuba, succubus - a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men dibbuk, dybbuk - (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
	3.	fiend - 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 fanatic enthusiast, partizan, partisan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

fiend

noun

1. brute, monster, savage, beast, degenerate, barbarian, ogre, ghoul a saint to his parents and a fiend to his children

2. (Informal) enthusiast, fan, addict, freak (informal), fanatic, maniac, energumen a strong-tea fiend

3. demon, devil, evil spirit, hellhound She is a fiend incarnate, leading these people to eternal damnation.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

fiend

noun

1. A perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person:

archfiend, beast, devil, ghoul, monster, ogre, tiger, vampire.

2. Informal. A person who is ardently devoted to a particular subject or activity:

bug, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, maniac, zealot.

Informal: buff, fan.

Slang: freak, nut.

Translations

إنسان شِرّيرإنسان مولَع بِشَيءشَيْطان، إبْليس

ďábelnadšenec

=-dyrker=-fandjævelsatan

Fanatiker Teufel Unhold

démon monstre mordu

megszállottja

fíkill, sem er óîur í e-îfjandi, púki, djöfullillmenni

demonio fanatico della vita all'aria aperta

šėtonasšėtoniškaišėtoniškasvelnioniškaivelnioniškas

entuziastsļaundarissātanstīrais velnsvelns

-narkoman person som er besatt av noe satan

düşkün iblis şeytan tutkunzalim insan

…狂…迷恶毒的人魔鬼

fiend

[fiːnd] N

1. (= devil) → demonio m, diablo m

2. (= person) → malvado/a m/f

3. (= addict) drugs fiend → drogadicto/a m/f
sex fiend → maníaco m sexual

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fiend

[ˈfiːnd] n → démon m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fiend

(= evil spirit) → Teufel m, → Dämon m; (= person) → Teufel m; the Fiend → der böse Feind; “sex fiend strikes again” → „Sexbestie schlägt wieder zu“

(inf: = addict) → Fanatiker(in) m(f); tennis fiend → Tennisnarr m; she’s a fresh-air fiend → sie ist Frischluftfanatikerin

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fiend

[fiːnd] n → demonio
you little fiend! (fam) → piccolo delinquente!
a tennis fiend → un fanatico or patito del tennis

fiend

(fiːnd) noun

1. a devil. the fiends of hell.

2. a wicked or cruel person. She's an absolute fiend when she's angry.

3. a person who is very enthusiastic about something. a fresh air fiend; a fiend for work.

ˈfiendish adjective

1. wicked or devilish. a fiendish temper.

2. very difficult, clever etc. a fiendish plan.

ˈfiendishly adverb

1. wickedly.

2. very. fiendishly difficult.

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With the superstition common to his brotherhood, he fancied himself given over to a fiend, to be tortured with frightful dreams and desperate thoughts, the sting of remorse and despair of pardon, as a foretaste of what awaits him beyond the grave.

"I have already told thee what I am -- a fiend! Who made me so?"

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"On his head the chief his helmet set," and he, "wheeled up from thence, departed through the doors of hell lionlike in air, in hostile mood, dashed the fire aside, with a fiend's power."

Caedmon next tells how the fiend tempted first the man and then the woman with guileful lies to eat of the fruit which had been forbidden to them, and how Eve yielded to him.

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``Hold thy peace, Wamba,'' said Gurth; ``it may all be as thou dost guess; but were the horned devil to rise and proffer me his assistance to set at liberty Cedric and the Lady Rowena, I fear I should hardly have religion enough to refuse the foul fiend's offer, and bid him get behind me.''

May the foul fiend fly off with me, if I am not man enough for a dozen of them.''

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I thought also of my father and surviving brother; should I by my base desertion leave them exposed and unprotected to the malice of the fiend whom I had let loose among them?

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Mean while upon the firm opacous Globe Of this round World, whose first convex divides The luminous inferior Orbs, enclos'd From CHAOS and th' inroad of Darkness old, SATAN alighted walks: a Globe farr off It seem'd, now seems a boundless Continent Dark, waste, and wild, under the frown of Night Starless expos'd, and ever-threatning storms Of CHAOS blustring round, inclement skie; Save on that side which from the wall of Heav'n Though distant farr som small reflection gaines Of glimmering air less vext with tempest loud: Here walk'd the Fiend at large in spacious field.

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The fiend in his own shape is less hideous than when he rages in the breast of man.

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For the white fiend! But now for the barbs; thou must make them thyself, man.

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Rather, O blessed one, give you me boldness to abide within the harmless laws of peace, avoiding strife and hatred and the violent fiends of death.

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"To friends above, from fiends below, the indignant ghost is riven - "From Hell unto a high estate far up within the Heaven - "From grief and groan, to a golden throne, beside the King of Heaven."