Definitions for fiend
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogrenoun

   a cruel wicked and inhuman person

2. devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimonnoun

   an evil supernatural being

3. 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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fiendnoun

   A demon

2. fiendnoun

   A very evil person

3. fiendnoun

   An addict

   a jazz fiend

4. Etymology: From feend, from feond. Cognate with Old Norse fjándi (Danish fjende, Swedish fiende), German Feind, Gothic
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   0343, 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fiendnoun

   Etymology: fiend, fiond, Saxon, a foe.

   1. An enemy; the great enemy of mankind; satan; the devil.

   Tom is followed by the foul fiend. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   2. Any infernal being.

   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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fiendnoun

   an implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon

2. 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.]

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fiendverb

   To be hostile to.

2. 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)

3. fiendverb

   Obsession

4. fiendnoun

   Someone who fiends. Says the boy to the fiend: 'What do you mean?' -- Muggs featuring Wyclef Jean (John 3:16)

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fiend

   Fiend (noun) a person that has evil plans.

   Fiend is a demon that can cause disaster or calamity.

   
   

   Submitted by pinkss5 on October 21, 2015  

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   Fiend

   Satan; the devil.

   Those children are little fiends.

   
   

   Submitted by JP03 on December 28, 2014  

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1. fiend

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1. • Enthusiast
   • Evil Spirit
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Anagrams for fiend »

1. finde

2. fined

3. indef

How to pronounce fiend?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fiend in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fiend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of fiend in a Sentence

1. George Bernard Shaw:

   I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.

2. Robertson Davies:

   To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.

3. Nadine Gehrmann:

   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.

4. John Milton:

   So spake the fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant’s plea, excused his devilish deeds.

5. Though Hill:

   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.

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