Demon

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  • noun. An evil supernatural being; a devil.
  • noun. A persistently tormenting person, force, or passion.
  • noun. One who is extremely zealous, skillful, or diligent.
  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In anthropology, a supernatural protector or helper. See manito and *nyarong.
  • noun. In Greek myth, a supernatural agent or intelligence, lower in rank than a god; a spirit holding a middle place between gods and men; one of a class of ministering spirits, sometimes regarded as including the souls of deceased persons; a genius: as, the demon or good genius of Socrates. Sometimes written daimon.
  • noun. An evil spirit; a devil: from the belief of the early Christian world that all the divinities of the pagans were devils.
  • noun. Figuratively, an atrociously wicked or cruel person; one characterized by demoniac passions or conduct.
  • noun. [capitalized] A certain genus of Coleoptera.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
  • noun. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice.
  • noun. An evil spirit; a devil.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An evil spirit.
  • noun. A fallen angel or Satanic divinity; a false god.
  • noun. One’s inner spirit or genius, a daimon.
  • noun. A spirit or lesser divinity between men and gods.
  • noun. A foible; a flaw in a person’s character.
  • noun. Someone of remarkable or diabolical energy or ability.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a cruel wicked and inhuman person
  • noun. someone extremely diligent or skillful
  • noun. an evil supernatural being
  • Word Usage
    "Maybe Myles understood, even if he refused to utter the word demon."
    cross-reference
    angel  devil  dragon  hell  imp  
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    actor  doer  worker  
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    Freeman  Leman  Riemann  Seaman  Shimon  
    Same Context
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    God  angel  beast  being  devil  
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    daemon