fiend
noun
Satan; the devil.
fiendlike
-
a word derived from
fiend.
Example Sentences
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Greeted with rapturous reviews when it debuted at the Manchester International Festival, this production features Mr. Branagh as the murderous thane and Alex Kingston as his fiendlike queen.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2014
Both visually and vocally, Verrett conveyed little of Shakespeare's "fiendlike queen."
From Time Magazine Archive
The first object that encountered her gaze, was the scornful, fiendlike face of Mrs. Mason, scowling upon her.
From Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. by Susanna Moodie
A scream of laughter mingled with howls, and breaking into strange gulping bursts of fiendlike merriment from the strange boy.
From The Book of Were-Wolves by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Even the jet of water, spreading like a veil over them, did not hide from the spectators the fiendlike glance with which he regarded his oppressor.
From The Yellow Chief by Mayne Reid
