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
The king of the Feens was hailed in the country of the big men as a Troich.
The Testimony of Tradition | David MacRitchieThe stories of Fin and his Feens are full of references to their hunting exploits.
The Testimony of Tradition | David MacRitchieWho were the Feens of tradition, and to what country and period are they to be assigned?
The Testimony of Tradition | David MacRitchieThe traditional "Feens," therefore, are to be identified with the historical "Picts."
The Testimony of Tradition | David MacRitchieIt is also remembered as a favourite hunting-ground of the Feens.
The Testimony of Tradition | David MacRitchie
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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