Fiend
[fiːnd] or [find]
Definition
(n.) An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Demon, devil, deadly enemy, infernal being, implacable foe.
Typist: Merritt
Definition
n. the devil: one actuated by the most intense wickedness or hate.—adj. Fiend′ish like a fiend; malicious.—n. Fiend′ishness.—adj. Fiend′like like a fiend: fiendish.
Editor: Stacy
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you encounter a fiend, forbodes reckless living and loose morals. For a woman, this dream signifies a blackened reputation. To dream of a fiend, warns you of attacks to be made on you by false friends. If you overcome one, you will be able to intercept the evil designs of enemies.
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Examples
- Name whom you will, in the fiend's name, and please yourselves. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Their good woman is a queer thing, half doll, half angel; their bad woman almost always a fiend. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Hypocritical fiend! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He remained to combat the fiend--his side unguarded, his toils unshared--infection might even reach him, and he die unattended and alone. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No fiend in human form! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- What fiend more wanton in his mischief, what damned soul more worthy of perdition! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- May the foul fiend fly off with me, if I am not man enough for a dozen of them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- See thou the wreck this fiend hath made, and let thy heart be moved with pity! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I inquired of the inhabitants concerning the fiend, and gained accurate information. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Sometimes I thought that the fiend followed me, and might expedite my remissness by murdering my companion. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Be thou fiend, priest, or devil, replied Front-de-Boeuf, thou liest in thy throat! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The foul fiend quell the Prior! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Again do I vow vengeance; again do I devote thee, miserable fiend, to torture and death. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I feared the vengeance of the disappointed fiend, yet I was unable to overcome my repugnance to the task which was enjoined me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Amidst all this, I had to listen as well as watch: to listen for the movements of the wild beast or the fiend in yonder side den. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And proper little terrors they were, little fiends--that Gerald was a demon if ever there was one, a proper demon, ay, at six months old. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We hate and loathe these veritable fiends, he smiled again. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Then we rushed up, and brought you here, with Alcibiades and his friends yelling like fiends at the escape of their prey. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Like fiends incarnate, said De Bracy. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- At a given signal, they rushed wildly up the hill, shrieking like fiends, but recoiled in dismay as they saw the ruins of the palisade. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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