English-Thai Dictionary

fiend

N ปีศาจ  ผี  อสูร  ยักษ์  pe-sad

 

fiendish

ADJ ชั่วร้าย  โหดร้าย  อำมหิต  ป่าเถื่อน  barbarian brutal heartless inhuman humane kindly chud-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FIEND

n.[See Feud, contention. ] An enemy in the worst sense; an implacable or malicious foe; the devil; an infernal being.
O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend.

 

FIENDFUL

a.Full of evil or malignant practices.

 

FIENDLIKE

a.Resembling a field; maliciously wicked; diabolical.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FIEND

Fiend, n. Etym: [OE. fend, find, fiend, feond, fiend, foe, AS. feónd;akin to OS. fiond, D. vijand enemy, OHG. fiant, G. feind, Icel. fjand, Sw. & Dan. fiende, Goth. fijands; orig. p.pr. of a verb meaning to hate, AS. feón, feógan, OHG. fi, Goth. fijan, Skr. piy to scorn; prob. akin to E. feud a quarrel. *81. Cf. Foe, Friend. ]

 

Defn: An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon. Into this wild abyss the wary fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while. Milton. O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. Pope.

 

FIENDFUL

FIENDFUL Fiend "ful, a.

 

Defn: Full of fiendish spirit or arts. Marlowe. -- Fiend "ful *ly, adv.

 

FIENDISH

FIENDISH Fiend "ish, a.

 

Defn: Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish. -- Fiend "ish *ly, adv. -- Fiend "ish *ness, n.

 

FIENDLIKE

FIENDLIKE Fiend "like `, a.

 

Defn: Fiendish; diabolical. Longfellow.

 

FIENDLY

Fiend "ly, a. Etym: [AS. feóndlic.]

 

Defn: Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fiend

fiend |fēnd find | ▶noun an evil spirit or demon. • (the fiend ) archaic the Devil. • a wicked or cruel person: a fiend thirsty for blood and revenge. • a person causing mischief or annoyance: you little fiend! • informal a person who is excessively fond of or addicted to something: the restaurant's owner is a wine fiend. DERIVATIVES fiend like |-ˌlīk |adjective ORIGIN Old English fēond ‘an enemy, the devil, a demon, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vijand and German Feind ‘enemy. ’

 

fiendish

fiend ish |ˈfēndiSH ˈfindɪʃ | ▶adjective extremely cruel or unpleasant; devilish: shrieks of fiendish laughter. • extremely awkward or complex: a fiendish problem. DERIVATIVES fiend ish ly adverb, fiend ish ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

fiend

fiend |fiːnd | ▶noun 1 an evil spirit or demon. • (the fiend ) archaic the Devil. • a very wicked or cruel person: Britain's most notorious sex fiend. 2 informal an enthusiast or devotee of a particular thing: a football fiend. DERIVATIVES fiendlike adjective ORIGIN Old English fēond ‘an enemy, the devil, a demon ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vijand and German Feind ‘enemy ’.

 

fiendish

fiend |ish |ˈfiːndɪʃ | ▶adjective extremely cruel or unpleasant: fiendish methods of torture. • informal extremely awkward or complex: a fiendish problem. DERIVATIVES fiendishly adverb [ as submodifier ] : a fiendishly clever plan, fiendishness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fiend

fiend noun 1 a fiend had taken possession of him: demon, devil, evil spirit; informal spook. 2 a fiend bent on global evildoing: villain, beast, brute, barbarian, monster, ogre, sadist, evildoer, swine. 3 informal a drug fiend: addict, abuser, user; informal junkie, ——head, ——freak. 4 informal a fitness fiend: enthusiast, maniac; devotee, fan, lover, fanatic, addict, buff, freak, nut.

 

fiendish

fiendish adjective 1 a fiendish torturer: wicked, cruel, vicious, evil, malevolent, villainous; brutal, savage, barbaric, barbarous, inhuman, murderous, ruthless, merciless; dated dastardly. 2 a fiendish plot: cunning, clever, ingenious, crafty, canny, wily, devious, shrewd; informal sneaky. 3 a fiendish puzzle: difficult, complex, challenging, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty, thorny, tricky.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fiend

fiend noun 1 a fiend had taken possession of him: demon, devil, evil spirit, imp, bogie; incubus, succubus; hellhound; informal spook; rare cacodemon. 2 a fiend bent on global evil-doing: brute, beast, villain, barbarian, monster, ogre, sadist, evil-doer; informal baddy, swine; archaic blackguard. 3 informal a drug fiend: addict, abuser, user; informal junkie, …head /freak. 4 informal I'm a fiend for Mexican food: enthusiast, fanatic, maniac, addict; devotee, fan, lover, follower; aficionado, connoisseur, appreciator; informal buff, freak, nut, ham, sucker, great one.

 

fiendish

fiendish adjective 1 a fiendish torturer: wicked, cruel, vicious, evil, nefarious, unspeakable; brutal, brutish, savage, barbaric, barbarous, beastly, inhuman, murderous, bloodthirsty, ferocious; ruthless, heartless, pitiless, merciless, black-hearted, unfeeling; malevolent, malicious, villainous, malignant, devilish, diabolical, hellish, demonic, satanic, Mephistophelian, ungodly; odious, base; archaic or humorous dastardly. 2 a fiendish plot: cunning, clever, ingenious, artful, crafty, canny, wily, guileful, devious, scheming, shrewd, astute, sharp, sharp-witted, imaginative; informal foxy, savvy, sneaky, cute; Scottish & N. English informal pawky; S. African informal slim; rare vulpine, carny. 3 a fiendish puzzle: difficult, complex, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty, thorny, ticklish, abstruse, impenetrable, unfathomable; challenging, puzzling, baffling, perplexing, bemusing; frustrating.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fiend

fiend /fiːnd /名詞 C 1 凶悪な人, 悪魔 [鬼 ]のようなやつ .2 …マニア ; 中毒者, 常用者 ; «…の » 達人 «at » ; 目利き .3 悪霊 .

 

fiendish

fiend ish /fíːndɪʃ /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 残酷な, 悪魔のような .2 ずるがしこい, 巧妙な .3 きわめて困難 [不快 ]な, ひどい .