Fiend Definition
fēnd
fiends
noun
fiends
An evil spirit; devil.
Webster's New World
The Devil; Satan.
American Heritage
An inhumanly wicked or cruel person.
Webster's New World
A person addicted to some activity, habit, etc.
A fresh-air fiend.
Webster's New World
One who is addicted to something.
A dope fiend.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
To crave (a drug, for example).
Fiended cocaine.
American Heritage
To have an intense desire for something.
Fiended for the band's new release.
American Heritage
idiom
the Fiend
- Satan
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Fiend
Noun
Singular:
fiend
Plural:
fiendsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fiend
- the Fiend
Origin of Fiend
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From Middle English feend (“enemy, demon”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), from Proto-Germanic *fijandz. Cognate with Old Norse fjándi (Icelandic fjandi, Danish fjende, Swedish fiende), West Frisian fijân, Low German Feend, Fiend, Dutch vijand, German Feind, Gothic (fijands), 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 (piyati, “(he) reviles”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English fēond pē(i)- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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