Found 3 items, similar to Fiend.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: fiend
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fiend
fiend
n 1: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn:
monster,
devil,
demon,
ogre]
2: one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian
belief [syn:
devil,
demon,
daemon,
daimon]
3: 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 [syn:
fanatic]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fiend
Fiend
\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.
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Into this wild abyss the wary fiend
Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while.
--Milton.
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O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind
Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. --Pope.
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