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Princeton's WordNet
monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre(noun)
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon(noun)
an evil supernatural being
fanatic, fiend(noun)
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
fiend(Noun)
A demon
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.
fiend(Noun)
A very evil person
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.
fiend(Noun)
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.
Webster Dictionary
Fiend(noun)
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.]
Freebase
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
fiend(verb)
To be hostile to.
fiend(verb)
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)
fiend(verb)
Obsession
fiend(noun)
Someone who fiends. Says the boy to the fiend: 'What do you mean?' -- Muggs featuring Wyclef Jean (John 3:16)
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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
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.
I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.
The people who extend their supporting hand to a person in achieving him a wrong life stand are not his friend but fiend to him only.
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- شيطانArabic
- пристрастен, демон, злодейBulgarian
- diable, dimoniCatalan, Valencian
- djævel, entusiast, dæmonDanish
- Fanatiker, böser Geist, Teufel, Ungeheuer, Enthusiast, Dämon, Dämonin, MonsterGerman
- ΔαίμωνGreek
- diablo, malvado, metido, diablillo, demonioSpanish
- sõltlaneEstonian
- paholainen, pahahenki, riiviö, addikti, ilkimysFinnish
- démon, accro, monstre, addictFrench
- שטני, שטןHebrew
- gonosz lélek, függő, valaminek a rabjaHungarian
- demonioItalian
- 悪魔Japanese
- duivelDutch
- demon, diabeł, czartPolish
- viciadoPortuguese
- демон, злодей, фанатикRussian
- fanatik, zlobnik, демон, зависник, злобник, душманин, dušmanin, demon, фанатик, zavisnikSerbo-Croatian
- 惡魔Chinese
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