fiend

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /fiːnd/

Noun

fiend (plural fiends)

1. A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.

   Synonyms: monster

   • 1845, E.A. Poe, "The Raven"

     "Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!"

2. A very evil person.

   Synonyms: monster

3. (obsolete) An enemy; a foe.

   Religion teaches us to love everybody, be one fiend or friend.

4. (religious, archaic) The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
   • 1971, Keith Thomas (historian), Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 35:

     At the confirmation ceremony the bishop would lay his hands on the child and tie around its forehead a linen band […] . This was believed to strengthen him against the assaults of the fiend […]

5. (informal) An addict or fanatic.

   He's been a jazz fiend since his teenage years.

   dope fiend

Translations

• French: démon
• German: Dämon, Dämonin, böser Geist
• Italian: demonio
• Portuguese: demónio (Portugal), demônio (Brazil), diabo
• Russian: де́мон
• Spanish: diablo, diablillo, demonio

Translations

• French: monstre
• German: Teufel, Monster, Ungeheuer
• Italian: demonio
• Portuguese: demónio (Portugal), demônio (Brazil), diabo
• Russian: злоде́й
• Spanish: diablo, malvado, monstruo

Translations

• French: addict, (colloquial) accro
• German: Fanatiker, Enthusiast, Süchtiger, Abhängiger
• Portuguese: viciado
• Russian: фана́тик
• Spanish: (en las drogas) metido, adicto, fanático

Verb

fiend (fiends, present participle fiending; past and past participle fiended)

1. (slang, intransitive) To yearn; to be desperate (for something).
   • 2011, Emma J. Stephens, For a Dancer: The Memoir

     I am back in San Francisco at the Clift Hotel, fiending for my fix.

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