What does FIEND mean?
Definitions for FIEND
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Princeton's WordNet
monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogrenoun
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimonnoun
an evil supernatural being
fanatic, fiendnoun
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
Wiktionary
fiendnoun
A demon
fiendnoun
A very evil person
fiendnoun
An addict
a jazz fiend
Etymology: From feend, from feond. Cognate with Old Norse fjándi (Danish fjende, Swedish fiende), German Feind, Gothic 03460339033E0330033D03330343, all of them meaning foe. The Old Norse and Gothic terms are present participles of the corresponding verbs fjá/fijan, to hate. Akin to Sanskrit पियति.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Fiendnoun
Etymology: fiend, fiond, Saxon, a foe.
Tom is followed by the foul fiend. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.
What now, had I a body again, I could,
Coming from hell; what fiends would wish should be,
And Hannibal could not have wish’d to see. Ben Jonson, Cat.The hell-hounds, as ungorg’d with flesh and blood,
Pursue their prey, and seek their wonted food;
The fiend remounts his courser. John Dryden, Theo. and Hon.O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind
Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.
Wikipedia
Fiend
Fiend is a song by Coal Chamber, from their third album, Dark Days. It is one of the band's most well known songs and is thought to be about how the band and the nu metal genre were getting heavily criticized at the time.
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fiend
A fiend is generally defined as an evil spirit or a demon. The term can also be used to describe a wicked or cruel person. Additionally, it can represent a person who is obsessed or excessively fond of something.
Webster Dictionary
Fiendnoun
an implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon
Etymology: [OE. fend, find, fiend, feond, fiend, foe, AS. fend; akin to OS. fond, D. vijand enemy, OHG. fant, G. feind, Icel. fjnd, Sw. & Dan. fiende, Goth. fijands; orig. p. pr. of a verb meaning to hate, AS. fen, fegan, OHG. fn, Goth. fijan, Skr. py to scorn; prob. akin to E. feud a quarrel. 81. Cf. Foe, Friend.]
Wikidata
Fiend
Richard "Ricky" Jones, better known by his stage names Fiend or International Jones is an American rapper and producer best known for his time spent with Master P's No Limit Records. Fiend was also briefly a member of DMX's label Ruff Ryders Entertainment, and is currently signed to Jet Life Recordings under Warner Bros.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fiend
fēnd, n. the devil: one actuated by the most intense wickedness or hate.—adj. Fiend′ish, like a fiend; malicious.—n. Fiend′ishness.—adj. Fiend′like, like a fiend: fiendish. [A.S. feónd, pr.p. of feón, to hate; Ger. feind, Dut. vijand.]
Rap Dictionary
fiendverb
To be hostile to.
fiendverb
To need something badly, most often drugs. But you can also be a fiend for a dope beat. I get a craving like I fiend for nicotine -- Eric B. and Rakim (Microphone Fiend)
fiendverb
Obsession
fiendnoun
Someone who fiends. Says the boy to the fiend: 'What do you mean?' -- Muggs featuring Wyclef Jean (John 3:16)
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of FIEND in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of FIEND in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of FIEND in a Sentence
As a fellow coffee fiend, I know the struggle of bad hotel coffee all too well, my top tip is to get yourself a portable coffee maker and to prioritize easy cleaning because nobody wants to deal with dirty equipment on the go.
We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.
I’m a sweet tooth fiend so I had sugar-free cool whip with orange flavoring in it instead of cake, i watched what I ate a lot.
So spake the fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant’s plea, excused his devilish deeds.
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
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- شيطانArabic
- злодей, демон, пристрастенBulgarian
- diable, dimoniCatalan, Valencian
- dæmon, entusiast, djævelDanish
- Dämon, Dämonin, Enthusiast, Ungeheuer, Teufel, böser Geist, Monster, FanatikerGerman
- ΔαίμωνGreek
- diablo, metido, demonio, diablillo, malvadoSpanish
- sõltlaneEstonian
- riiviö, pahahenki, addikti, paholainen, ilkimysFinnish
- démon, addict, monstre, accroFrench
- שטן, שטניHebrew
- függő, gonosz lélek, valaminek a rabjaHungarian
- demonioItalian
- שָׂטָןHebrew
- 悪魔Japanese
- duivelDutch
- diabeł, czart, demonPolish
- viciadoPortuguese
- злодей, фанатик, демонRussian
- zavisnik, фанатик, demon, dušmanin, душманин, злобник, зависник, демон, zlobnik, fanatikSerbo-Croatian
- 惡魔Chinese
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