Fiend

Noun

 * 1) A demon
 * 2) A very evil person
 * 3) * "Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" Poe, The Raven and Other Poems.
 * 4)  An addict
 * a jazz fiend

Derived terms

 * fiendish
 * fiendlike
 * dope fiend

Synonyms

 * monster

Adjectives for Fiend
despiteful; foul; stout; incarnate; shivering; father; consummate; possessing; kindred; infernal; abandoned; impetuous; cursed; lubber; human; delicate; malignant; viewless; glaring; sneering.

Thesaurus
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, bomber, brute, buff, bug, cacodemon, chain smoker, cocaine sniffer, cokie, collector, cubehead, daeva, demon, devil, devil incarnate, devotee, diablo, dipsomaniac, dope fiend, doper, dragon, drug abuser, drug addict, drug user, drunkard, dybbuk, eager beaver, energumen, enthusiast, evil genius, evil spirit, faddist, fan, fanatic, fiend from hell, fire-eater, firebrand, follower, freak, fury, genie, genius, ghoul, glue sniffer, goon, gorilla, great one for, gunsel, gyre, habitual, hardnose, harpy, head, heavy smoker, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, hellkite, hobbyist, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hophead, hothead, hotspur, hound, hype, incendiary, incubus, infatuate, jinni, jinniyeh, junkie, killer, lamia, mad dog, madcap, maniac, marijuana smoker, methhead, monster, mugger, narcotics addict, nut, ogre, ogress, pillhead, pothead, pursuer, rakshasa, rapist, revolutionary, rhapsodist, satan, savage, serpent, she-wolf, shedu, snowbird, speed freak, spitfire, succubus, sucker for, termagant, terror, terrorist, the undead, tiger, tigress, tough, tough guy, tripper, ugly customer, user, vampire, violent, virago, visionary, vixen, werewolf, wild beast, witch, wolf, yogini, zealot

Etymology
From feend: <  feond:. Cognate with Old Norse fjándi: (Danish fjende:, Swedish fiende:), German Feind:, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃:, 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:.

Translations

 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (èmó)
 * Danish: ,
 * Finnish: paholainen, pahahenki


 * French: démon
 * German: Dämon, Dämonin
 * Greek: Δαίμων
 * Hebrew: שטן
 * Russian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (èmóbānderén)
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,


 * French: monstre
 * German: Bösewicht, Unhold
 * Hebrew: שטני
 * Russian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (mí)
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:


 * French: addict, accro
 * German: Abhängige
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * : 魔神 (まじん)


 * : 악마
 * : Djävul (demon), entusiast (addict)

Anagrams

 * finde
 * fined
 * indef