| slovo | definícia |
fiend
(mass) | fiend
- diabol |
fiend
(encz) | fiend,ďábel n: Zdeněk Brož |
fiend
(encz) | fiend,satan n: Zdeněk Brož |
fiend
(encz) | fiend,zloduch n: Nijel |
fiend
(gcide) | fiend \fiend\ (f[=e]nd), n. [OE. fend, find, fiend, feond,
fiend, foe, AS. fe['o]nd; akin to OS. f[imac]ond, D. vijand
enemy, OHG. f[imac]ant, G. feind, Icel. fj[=a]nd, Sw. & Dan.
fiende, Goth. fijands; orig. p. pr. of a verb meaning to
hate, AS. fe['o]n, fe['o]gan, OHG. f[imac]?n, Goth. fijan,
Skr. p[imac]y to scorn; prob. akin to E. feud a quarrel.
[root]81. Cf. Foe, Friend.]
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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Into this wild abyss the wary fiend
Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while.
--Milton.
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O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind
Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. --Pope.
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fiend
(wn) | fiend
n 1: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend,
devil, demon, ogre]
2: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon,
daemon, daimon]
3: a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause);
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change
the subject"--Winston Churchill [syn: fanatic, fiend] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
fiendish
(encz) | fiendish,ďábelský adj: Zdeněk Brožfiendish,pekelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fiendishly
(encz) | fiendishly,ďábelsky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
fiends
(encz) | fiends,ďáblové Zdeněk Brož |
Fiendful
(gcide) | Fiendful \Fiend"ful\, a.
Full of fiendish spirit or arts. --Marlowe. --
Fiend"ful*ly, adv.
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Fiendfully
(gcide) | Fiendful \Fiend"ful\, a.
Full of fiendish spirit or arts. --Marlowe. --
Fiend"ful*ly, adv.
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Fiendish
(gcide) | Fiendish \Fiend"ish\, a.
Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal;
malignant; devilish; hellish. -- Fiend"ish*ly, adv. --
Fiend"ish*ness, n.
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Fiendishly
(gcide) | Fiendish \Fiend"ish\, a.
Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal;
malignant; devilish; hellish. -- Fiend"ish*ly, adv. --
Fiend"ish*ness, n.
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Fiendishness
(gcide) | Fiendish \Fiend"ish\, a.
Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal;
malignant; devilish; hellish. -- Fiend"ish*ly, adv. --
Fiend"ish*ness, n.
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Fiendlike
(gcide) | Fiendlike \Fiend"like`\, a.
Fiendish; diabolical. --Longfellow.
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Fiendly
(gcide) | Fiendly \Fiend"ly\, a. [AS. fe['o]ndlic.]
Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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fiendish
(wn) | fiendish
adj 1: extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or
befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that
could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene";
"diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a
fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal
instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces"
[syn: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish,
hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy] |
fiendishly
(wn) | fiendishly
adv 1: as a devil; in an evil manner; "his writing could be
diabolically satiric" [syn: diabolically, devilishly,
fiendishly] |
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