Demon

Noun

 * 1) An evil spirit.
 * 2) A fallen angel or Satanic divinity; a false god.
 * 3) One’s inner spirit or genius, a daimon.
 * 4)  A spirit or lesser divinity between men and gods.
 * 5) A foible; a flaw in a person’s character.
 * The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.
 * 1) Someone of remarkable or diabolical energy or ability.
 * He’s a demon at the card tables.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ghost

Related terms

 * demonic
 * demonize
 * demoness

Adjectives for Demon
heroic; insatiable; unabashed; devastating; wrestling; fiery; angry; fragile; screaming; monstrous; cruel; heartless; horrible; demoralizing; protecting; trap-door; satellite; seeming; malignant; treacherous; avenging; restraining.

Verbs for Demon
attribute to—; call forth—; dismiss—; drive out—; endow with—; exorcise—; introduce—; possess—; rout—; sacrifice to—; worship—; —controls; —destroys; — disturbs; —dominates; —dwells in; —enters; —frightens; —haunts; —infests; — inflicts; —inhabits; —leads; —prevails; —rules; —surrounds; —wails.

Thesaurus
Baba Yaga, Lilith, Mafioso, Satan, Young Turk, addict, afreet, ape-man, atua, barghest, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, bomber, brute, bug, cacodemon, collector, daemon, daeva, damned spirits, demonkind, demons, denizens of hell, devil, devil incarnate, dragon, dybbuk, eager beaver, energumen, enthusiast, evil genius, evil spirit, evil spirits, faddist, fanatic, fiend, fiend from hell, fire-eater, firebrand, freak, fury, genie, genius, ghoul, goon, gorilla, great one for, gunsel, gyre, hardnose, harpy, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, hellish host, hellkite, hobbyist, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, host of hell, hothead, hotspur, hound, incendiary, incubus, infatuate, inhabitants of Pandemonium, intelligence, jinni, jinniyeh, killer, lamia, lost souls, mad dog, madcap, monster, mugger, nut, ogre, ogress, powers of darkness, pursuer, rakshasa, rapist, revolutionary, rhapsodist, satan, savage, she-wolf, shedu, souls in hell, specter, spirit, spitfire, succubus, sucker for, supernatural being, termagant, terror, terrorist, the damned, the lost, the undead, tiger, tigress, tough, tough guy, ugly customer, vampire, violent, virago, visionary, vixen, werewolf, wild beast, witch, wolf, yogini, zealot

Alternative forms

 * daemon, dæmon (these spellings are generally only found for the senses of inner spirit and divinity of Greek mythology)''

Etymology
From δαίμων:

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chamicuro: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (xiémó)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, demoon
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: deemon
 * Finnish: demoni, daimoni
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: δαίμων (demon)
 * Modern: δαίμονας (demonas), δαιμόνιο (demonio)
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: siluman
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 悪魔 (akuma), 鬼 (oni)
 * Korean: 데몬, 악귀 (惡鬼)


 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Manx:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian: demon
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: demónio, demônio
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: бес (b'es), демон (d'émon) , чёрт (čort)
 * Santali:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Sumerian:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: demonyo
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: cythraul
 * West Frisian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (èmó)
 * German:
 * Hindi: राक्षस (rākshas)
 * Italian: Il Demonio
 * Romanian:


 * Russian: бес (b'es), демон (d'émon) , чёрт (čort)
 * Sanskrit: राक्षस (rākṣasa)
 * Scottish Gaelic: deamhan
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Italian:
 * Russian: дух (duχ)


 * Swahili:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (èmó)
 * Hindi: राक्षस (rākshas)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 鬼 (oni)


 * Romanian: demon
 * Sanskrit: राक्षस (rākshas)
 * Swahili: shetani
 * Swedish: baddare, överdängare


 * : deemon (1, 2, 3, 4)
 * : daemon (1, 2)


 * : राक्षस (rākshas)
 * : þyrs

Noun

 * 1) demon

Noun
demon



Noun

 * 1) demon

Etymology
δαίμονας:

Noun

 * 1) demon
 * 2)  a despicable person

Synonyms

 * diavol
 * drac

Antonyms

 * înger
 * sfânt

Noun

 * 1) demon

Derived terms

 * dèmōnskī