1
2
: 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.
—
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
Jessica and Ayden were also avid pop-culture fiends.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
On the flip side, track fiends can opt for three onboard cameras and Lamborghini’s Telemetry 2.0 app, which captures and analyzes video and performance data from lap sessions.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2025
Perfect for horror fiends who want more plot with their gore.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Our favorite home chef is a connoisseur, and starts to get fiend-y come August.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
On the flip side, track fiends can opt for three onboard cameras and Lamborghini’s Telemetry 2.0 app, which captures and analyzes video and performance data from lap sessions.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2025
Perfect for horror fiends who want more plot with their gore.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Our favorite home chef is a connoisseur, and starts to get fiend-y come August.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Fiend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiend. Accessed 11 Sep. 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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