demon
509
5.3
- noun
- /ˈdiːmən/
- Literature
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demonio
- As a result, many demons and spirits try to capture or seduce him during the journey.
- possessed by demons
- exorcise demons
- exorcism of demons
The lives and souls of men, demons, even gods.
- The lives and souls of men, demons, even gods.
- We have to bring the Angel and the demon to earth.
- And I've dealt with thousands of demons now, thousands easily.
- Mind you, this demon, he has horns on.
- And so this, this demon, then it speaks to my son.
- She is a spirit, a demon, Rioko.
- OK, so Jace doesn't have a drop of demon blood in his system.
- And this means the demon is free and it looks hungry, right?
- To that end, I made her face Dragons and demons and disasters.
- They're like giant demons flying beside us.
- The one where the demon rapes the guy in the hotel.
- I feel like whoever put that demon down there wanted it to stay down there.
- And Jesus gets the demon and makes it go into these pigs, right?
- So she said when you was born there were demons flying about when you were born.
Examples
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I entered into his world and spoke to the demon to send him away, to chase him away.
Academic text (2008) -
In the novel, the pilgrims are far superior to the demons in magic power and status.
Academic text (2012) -
We have to bring the Angel and the demon to earth.
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Or maybe the demon just wants us to believe that.
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No, when you face demons, they hate this book.
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What demon's work is this?
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Instead, the films present a bleak picture of both the demon and the human world.
Academic text (2012) -
To cast out a demon that has been haunting a poor family's home.
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Suddenly, Jonas was hearing and seeing angels, demons, auras, and ghosts.
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The priest performed an exorcism to drive the demon out of the possessed girl.
Synonyms
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6.8
A ghost or invisible being people believe causes harm and bad luck
15
8.8
An evil spirit that people believe harms others in stories
1
9.9
A harmful spirit that causes trouble or fear
1
9.9
A male demon that people believe lies on sleeping people and causes nightmares
1
8.4
A female spirit that harms people in myths or stories
1
9.9
A spirit in old Greek stories that harms or tricks people
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small dangerous mass of radioactive metal used in early US tests that caused fatal accidents
- Specialized
An imaginary being that lets fast or slow molecules pass to make one side hotter and the other colder
- Specialized
A small device that measures particles and uses the results to make work from heat
How Malicious
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9.7
929
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833
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Demon comes from the ancient Greek daimon, which meant a 'spirit' or 'lesser god' that could help or harm people; later stories made these spirits mostly evil. So a demon today is thought of as a harmful or tormenting spirit.