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In some senses, fiend is marked as obsolete, archaic, informal, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
fiend
/fiːnd/
noun 5verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
clever, indifferent
VERB + FIEND
face, hid, parting, waited
FIEND + NOUN
it's, men
PREP.
on, within
ADV.
backward, simply
Definitions
noun
1
A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
what God or Feend, or ſpirit of the earth, Or Monſter turned to a manly ſhape, Or of what mould or mettel he be made, […]
Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!
2
A very evil person.
3
An enemy; a foe.
We waited for our fiend to arrive.
4
The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.
At the confirmation ceremony the bishop would lay his hands on the child and tie around its forehead a linen band […]. This was believed to strengthen him against the assaults of the fiend […]
5
An addict or fanatic.
dope fiend
He's been a jazz fiend since his teenage years.
verb
1
To yearn; to be desperate.
I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you / And I'll try to keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'
I am back in San Francisco at the Clift Hotel, fiending for my fix.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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what God or Feend, or ſpirit of the earth, Or Monſter turned to a manly ſhape, Or of what mould or mettel he be made, […]
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Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!
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We waited for our fiend to arrive.
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I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you / And I'll try to keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'
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I am back in San Francisco at the Clift Hotel, fiending for my fix.
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As he stood there he might have been a fiend.
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