fiend
A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spiritA devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
» His angelic face hid the fiend within.
Meaning
5 sensesA devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
Dämon, Dämonin, böser Geist
де́монdémon
A very evil person.
Teufel, Monster, Ungeheuer
злоде́йzlodéj, и́звергízverg
an evil supernatural being
(informal)An addict or fanatic.
dope fiend
He's been a jazz fiend since his teenage years.
Fanatiker, Enthusiast, Süchtiger
фана́тикfanátik
(obsolete)An enemy; a foe.
We waited for our fiend to arrive.
(archaic, capitalized, sometimes)The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
Examples
7 sentencesHis angelic face hid the fiend within.
As he stood there he might have been a fiend.
deEr war einem Dämon gleich, als er da so stand.
“You fiend!” he kept on muttering, “you clever, clever fiend!”
Tom's a coke fiend.
The universe is neither friend nor fiend. It's simply indifferent.
deDas Universum ist weder feindlich noch freundlich. Es ist einfach gleichgültig.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English fend, feend (“enemy; demon”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), Proto-From Middle English fend, feend (“enemy; demon”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz.
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