fiend
fiend · fiends · fiended · fiending
To yearn; to be desperateTo yearn; to be desperate.
/ˈfiːnd/
» His angelic face hid the fiend within.
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1 senses(slang)To yearn; to be desperate.
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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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
“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. — Esperantostern
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
be desperate for something:
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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Forms
fiends, fiending, fiended, fiendedSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle