fiend
Satan; the devil.
any evil spirit; demon.
a diabolically cruel or wicked person.
a person or thing that causes mischief or annoyance: Those children are little fiends.
Informal. a person who is extremely addicted to some pernicious habit: an opium fiend.
Informal. a person who is excessively interested in some game, sport, etc.; fan; buff: a bridge fiend.
a person who is highly skilled or gifted in something: a fiend at languages.
Also feen [feen] /fin/ .Slang. to desire greatly: just another junkie fiending after his next hit;As soon as I finish a cigarette I'm fiending to light another.
Origin of fiend
1Other words for fiend
Other words from fiend
- fiendlike, adjective
- un·der·fiend, noun
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How to use fiend in a sentence
Trivia fiends will note that, of the 21 accused in that assessment, the last man standing is one Fernando Escartin, of Spain.
Lance Armstrong’s Shadow Looms Large Over 100th Edition of Tour de France | Tracy McNicoll | October 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST"You got a hundred sick fiends up in the clinic first thing in the morning," says Bobby.
The New York Times attacked the venerable department store as a haven for overweight polyester fiends.
He breathed fierce and honest anathema on the heads of the bowelless fiends who had abandoned the babe to its doom.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe great arch-ruler, potentate of hell, Tumbles when Bacon bids him, or his fiends Bow to the force of his pentageron.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport Adams
Red Ben went back on us, may the fiends take the redskin cur!
Frank Merriwell's Pursuit | Burt L. Standish"Girls are such blamed fiends for reading your thoughts," he grumbled.
Tom Slade with the Colors | Percy K. FitzhughI certainly owe Captain Gary no favors, yet I should hate to stand by and see those fiends cut their way out, and say nothing.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes | William Perry Brown
British Dictionary definitions for fiend (1 of 2)
/ (fiːnd) /
an evil spirit; demon; devil
a person who is extremely wicked, esp in being very cruel or brutal
informal
a person who is intensely interested in or fond of something: a fresh-air fiend; he is a fiend for cards
an addict: a drug fiend
(informal) a mischievous or spiteful person, esp a child
Origin of fiend
1Derived forms of fiend
- fiendlike, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Fiend (2 of 2)
/ (fiːnd) /
the Fiend the devil; Satan
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