Fiend
noun
An evil spirit or demon.
He described his attacker as a fiend.
Often appears as...
- hell fiend
- demon fiend
noun
A bad or cruel person.
He is a fiend for breaking her heart like that.
Often appears as...
- heartless fiend
- cruel fiend
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Disapproving
noun
A very enthusiastic or skilled person at a particular thing.
He's a fiend for puzzles, he can solve them in no time.
Often appears as...
- puzzle fiend
- chess fiend
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A person addicted to something, especially drugs.
He became a heroin fiend.
Often appears as...
- drug fiend
- dope fiend
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
An evil spirit or demon.
He described his attacker as a fiend.
Often appears as...
- hell fiend
- demon fiend
noun
A bad or cruel person.
He is a fiend for breaking her heart like that.
Often appears as...
- heartless fiend
- cruel fiend
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A very enthusiastic or skilled person at a particular thing.
He's a fiend for puzzles, he can solve them in no time.
Often appears as...
- puzzle fiend
- chess fiend
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A person addicted to something, especially drugs.
He became a heroin fiend.
Often appears as...
- drug fiend
- dope fiend
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Supernatural Being
Used to describe malevolent supernatural beings in stories and mythology.
The ancient texts spoke of a fiend that haunted the forest.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
Historically more common when talking about evil entities, less used this way today.
In medieval times, they would often blame misfortunes on fiends.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Flair
Adds a dramatic effect in literature or storytelling, suggesting great wickedness.
The villain in the novel was not just a criminal, but a true fiend.
Pro Tip 1/3Supernatural Being
Used to describe malevolent supernatural beings in stories and mythology.
The ancient texts spoke of a fiend that haunted the forest.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
Historically more common when talking about evil entities, less used this way today.
In medieval times, they would often blame misfortunes on fiends.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Flair
Adds a dramatic effect in literature or storytelling, suggesting great wickedness.
The villain in the novel was not just a criminal, but a true fiend.
Pro Tip 1/3Supernatural Being
Used to describe malevolent supernatural beings in stories and mythology.
The ancient texts spoke of a fiend that haunted the forest.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
Historically more common when talking about evil entities, less used this way today.
In medieval times, they would often blame misfortunes on fiends.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Flair
Adds a dramatic effect in literature or storytelling, suggesting great wickedness.
The villain in the novel was not just a criminal, but a true fiend.
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of of an Impala track we said that they walk on the rims or on the edges of the toes there and there so this is an Impala check and they do not direct register they're not one of the tackler fiends
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Julia Dhar: How to have...
Now, Dad's a news fiend, but for him, this is not just red or blue, swing states or party platforms. He has some really specific intentions. He wants to listen, be heard and understand.
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The evolution of the...
the words friends and fiends elicit very different responses gravesite the granite does not care either the implements of writing have never cared about meaning pens and typewriters are
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
of of an Impala track we said that they walk on the rims or on the edges of the toes there and there so this is an Impala check and they do not direct register they're not one of the tackler fiends
Video examples
Julia Dhar: How to have...
Now, Dad's a news fiend, but for him, this is not just red or blue, swing states or party platforms. He has some really specific intentions. He wants to listen, be heard and understand.
Video examples
The evolution of the...
the words friends and fiends elicit very different responses gravesite the granite does not care either the implements of writing have never cared about meaning pens and typewriters are
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Quote examples
Hugh Miller
Scottish Scientist
Save for thee and thy lessons, man in society would everywhere sink into a sad compound of the fiend and the wild beast; and this fallen world would be as certainly a moral as a natural wilderness.
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Jessie J
English Musician
I have become a bit obsessed with eyebrows. I used to never have any, and then I realised big eyebrows are good, and now I'm an eyebrow fiend. Everyone comes to me to get their eyebrows done.
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
German Theologian
You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.
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Erich Fromm
American Psychologist
The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.
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Joe Rogan
American Comedian
Never stay in a bad marriage, and don't hang around with psycho coke fiends.
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Jane Lynch
American Actress
I stopped watching television like a fiend once I got into college.
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Cynthia Erivo
British Actress
I became a fitness fiend when I was about 17 or 18.
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Gus Van Sant
American Director
I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend.
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Suze Orman
American Author
It pays to be a fee fiend.
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Chloe Madeley
English Celebrity
I am a chocolate fiend.
Quote examples
Hugh Miller
Scottish Scientist
Save for thee and thy lessons, man in society would everywhere sink into a sad compound of the fiend and the wild beast; and this fallen world would be as certainly a moral as a natural wilderness.
Quote examples
Jessie J
English Musician
I have become a bit obsessed with eyebrows. I used to never have any, and then I realised big eyebrows are good, and now I'm an eyebrow fiend. Everyone comes to me to get their eyebrows done.
Quote examples
Johann Kaspar Lavater
German Theologian
You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.
Quote examples
Erich Fromm
American Psychologist
The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.
Quote examples
Joe Rogan
American Comedian
Never stay in a bad marriage, and don't hang around with psycho coke fiends.
Quote examples
Jane Lynch
American Actress
I stopped watching television like a fiend once I got into college.
Quote examples
Cynthia Erivo
British Actress
I became a fitness fiend when I was about 17 or 18.
Quote examples
Gus Van Sant
American Director
I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend.
Quote examples
Suze Orman
American Author
It pays to be a fee fiend.
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Chloe Madeley
English Celebrity
I am a chocolate fiend.
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