fiend
11fiend — [[t]fi͟ːnd[/t]] fiends 1) N COUNT If you describe someone as a fiend, you mean that they are extremely wicked or cruel. [WRITTEN] ...such a saint to his patients and such a fiend to his children. Syn: monster 2) N COUNT: n N Fiend can be used… …
12fiend — noun 1) a fiend had taken possession of him Syn: demon, devil, evil spirit; informal spook 2) a fiend bent on global evildoing Syn: villain, beast, brute, barbarian, monster, ogre, sadist, evildoer …
13fiend — fiendlike, adj. /feend/, n. 1. Satan; the devil. 2. any evil spirit; demon. 3. a diabolically cruel or wicked person. 4. a person or thing that causes mischief or annoyance: Those children are little fiends. 5. Informal. a person who is extremely …
14fiend — UK [fiːnd] / US [fɪnd] noun [countable] Word forms fiend : singular fiend plural fiends 1) mainly literary a very evil person 2) informal someone who is extremely enthusiastic about something My brother is a real fresh air fiend …
15fiend — Synonyms and related words: Apollyon, Baba Yaga, Beelzebub, LSD user, Lilith, Lucifer, Mafioso, Old Nick, Old Scratch, Satan, Young Turk, acidhead, addict, aficionado, afreet, alcoholic, ape man, barghest, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, bigot …
16fiend — n. a sex fiend * * * [fiːnd] a sex fiend …
17fiend — /find / (say feend) noun 1. any evil spirit, especially with reference to Satan. 2. any evil spirit. 3. a diabolically cruel or wicked person. 4. Colloquial a person or thing that causes mischief or annoyance. 5. Colloquial someone who is devoted …
18fiend — noun /fiːnd/ a) A demon a jazz fiend b) A very evil person Syn: monster …
19fiend — noun Fiend is used after these nouns: ↑dope, ↑sex …
20fiend — [OE] Fiend seems originally to have meant ‘hated person’. It was formed in prehistoric times from the past participle of a Germanic verb meaning ‘hate’ (represented in historic times by, for example, Old English fēon, Old High German fiēn, and… …
