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: a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study : fanatic
a golf fiend
3
: addict sense 1
a dope fiend
4
: wizard sense 2
a fiend at mathematics
Examples of fiend in a Sentence
His hands were trembling, actually trembling, as if he were some sort of coffee fiend or something.
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T. Coraghessan Boyle, The Road to Wellville, 1993
Wodehouse may not have liked Dickens, but he certainly read him. He read like a fiend.
—Christopher Hitchens, Times Literary Supplement, 7-13 Sept. 1990
The shameless effrontery of the fiend, at the café, pretending to forget all he had done to her, begging to take up with her again, as if nothing had happened between them a dozen years ago.
—Irving Wallace, The Plot, 1967
a fiend in human form
He's a real golf fiend.
T. Coraghessan Boyle, The Road to Wellville, 1993
Wodehouse may not have liked Dickens, but he certainly read him. He read like a fiend.
—Christopher Hitchens, Times Literary Supplement, 7-13 Sept. 1990
The shameless effrontery of the fiend, at the café, pretending to forget all he had done to her, begging to take up with her again, as if nothing had happened between them a dozen years ago.
—Irving Wallace, The Plot, 1967
a fiend in human form
He's a real golf fiend.
Recent Examples on the Web
Flavors include options like Chunky Almond, Cashew, and Coconut Nut Butter, Cinnamon Snickerdoodle, and Oregon Hazelnut Butter—but as a cardamom fiend, the Coconut Cardamom with Chia Seed Almond and Cashew Butter has my heart.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 13 Feb. 2025
That film was a loving, baroque homage to Murnau’s original, staged with funereal elegance and starring a melancholic Klaus Kinski in chalk-white makeup as the titular fiend.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
The best way to bond with a running fiend is to ask their advice about something — favorite preworkout, or warmup or cooldown routines, the best place to get fitted for running shoes.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
Wreaking gruesome havoc on the city, the Penguin is a fiend for the ages, inhabited by DeVito with uncompromising grotesquerie, right up through his Grand Guignol finish.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 13 Feb. 2025
That film was a loving, baroque homage to Murnau’s original, staged with funereal elegance and starring a melancholic Klaus Kinski in chalk-white makeup as the titular fiend.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
The best way to bond with a running fiend is to ask their advice about something — favorite preworkout, or warmup or cooldown routines, the best place to get fitted for running shoes.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
Wreaking gruesome havoc on the city, the Penguin is a fiend for the ages, inhabited by DeVito with uncompromising grotesquerie, right up through his Grand Guignol finish.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Fiend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiend. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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fiend
noun1
2
: an extremely wicked or cruel person
3
a
: a person enthusiastically devoted to something
fiendish
adjective
ˈfēn-dish
fiendishly
adverb
fiendishness
noun
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