fiend

CEFRC1

/ˈfiːnd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A very cruel or unpleasant person.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A very evil person.

Examples

  • As he stood there he might have been a fiend.

  • So spake the Fiend, and backward to the wood / soared on the wing.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • [ˈfɪi̯nd]
  • /fɛnd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An enemy; a foe.

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

  3. An addict or fanatic.

More examples

In context

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

  • We waited for our fiend to arrive.

  • Many hold too that he was acquainted with forbidden arts, and used to carry on an intercourse with the fiends and old women that raised storms, and such like.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English fend, feend (“enemy; demon”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz. Cognates Cognate with Scots fient (“fiend”), Saterland Frisian Fäind (“enemy, fiend, foe”), Cimbrian faint (“enemy, fiend”), Dutch vijand (“enemy”), German Feind (“enemy, fiend, foe”), Vilamovian faeind, fajnd (“enemy”), Yiddish פֿײַנד (faynd), פֿײַנט (faynt, “enemy”), Danish fjende (“adversary, enemy, foe”), Icelandic fjandi (“enemy; fiend, demon, devil”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish fiende (“enemy”), Old Norse fjándi (“enemy; devil”), Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (fiands), 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (fijands, “enemy, foe”). The Old Norse and Gothic...