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fiend

[ feend ]

noun

  1. Satan; the devil.
  2. any evil spirit; demon.
  3. a diabolically cruel or wicked person.

    Synonyms: devil, beast, brute, savage, monster

  4. a person or thing that causes mischief or annoyance:

    Those children are little fiends.

  5. Informal. a person who is extremely addicted to some pernicious habit:

    an opium fiend.

  6. Informal. a person who is excessively interested in some game, sport, etc.; fan; buff:

    a bridge fiend.

  7. a person who is highly skilled or gifted in something:

    a fiend at languages.



verb (used without object)

  1. Also feen []. 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.

Fiend

1

/ fiːnd /

noun

  1. the Fiend
    the Fiend the devil; Satan


fiend

2

/ fiːnd /

noun

  1. an evil spirit; demon; devil
  2. a person who is extremely wicked, esp in being very cruel or brutal
  3. informal.
    1. a person who is intensely interested in or fond of something

      a fresh-air fiend

      he is a fiend for cards

    2. an addict

      a drug fiend

  4. informal a mischievous or spiteful person, esp a child

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Derived Forms

  • ˈfiendˌlike, adjective

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Other Words From

  • fiendlike adjective
  • under·fiend noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fiend1

First recorded before 900; Middle English feend, Old English fēond; cognate with German Feind, Old Norse fjandr, Gothic fijands “foe,” originally present participle of fijan “to hate”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fiend1

Old English fēond ; related to Old Norse fjāndi enemy, Gothic fijands , Old High German fīant

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Example Sentences

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A self-described coffee fiend who was never very good at work-life balance, Nouhavandi now regularly works 14-hour days packed with six to 10 meetings—often with investors, regulatory advisors, and lawyers.

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Invariably, all the pilgrims are taken in by this subterfuge, except Monkey, who saves the day with his own shape-changing magic, then finishes off the fiend by smashing its skull with his trusty iron staff.

The assimilation-fiend, Coco Conners (Teyonah Parris), harbors shame over her dark skin and black-sounding name, Colandrea.

But if you're a market fiend, don't miss the still relatively new Union Market with its fun food stands and artisan shops.

She wanted to be an actress and confesses to being a total “movie fiend.”

Doug Caine, who describes himself as an “ex–dope fiend and former convict,” is the founder of Sober Champion.

By the end Buck has been transformed into a monster—“the Fiend incarnate.”

But that arch-fiend had been deserted by the majority of his followers, and he was babbling of suicide to his fellow Brahmins.

When he became aware of his snares in time, he occasionally outwitted the crafty fiend.

So the two went apart again; and the leaden-footed hours crept by, and the girl still wrestled with the fiend.

It glared into his eyes like a fiend of hell; it was fiery, sharp as steel—and it had to be seized with the naked hands!

"I am possessed of a fiend," she gasped, going up to the lady and speaking in a low voice, as if afraid to hear her own tones.

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