fiend

noun

\ˈfēnd

Definition of fiend

1a : devil sense 1

b : demon

c : a person of great wickedness or maliciousness

2 : a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study : fanatic a golf fiend

3 : addict sense 1 a dope fiend

4 : wizard sense 3 a fiend at mathematics

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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.

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2010, officials cancelled the race due to safety concerns, but rogue fromage fiends have continued to stage the event regardless. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Holey Swiss: Man Breaks Record in British Downhill Cheese Race," 4 June 2018 Scouting reports rave about Smith’s running from sideline to sideline, playing inside or outside, making plays, and tackling like a fiend. — Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, "Roquan Smith looks like a good draft option for the Bears — unless he's the next Shea McClellin," 25 Apr. 2018 Does performance tennis wear translate for Palace’s cross-Atlantic cult following of streetwear fiends? — Samuel Hine, GQ, "Rebel Streetwear Brand Palace Has Crashed Wimbledon," 3 July 2018 The official designer brands, the selfie lovers, rule-breakers, and social-media fiends. — Melania Hidalgo, The Cut, "Everything You Need to Know About the 2018 Met Gala," 7 May 2018 Trump's most recent predecessors were exercise fiends, a trait Trump has not continued. — Kevin Liptak, CNN, "Trump's weight-loss regimen: fish and half a bun," 30 May 2018 These are some rare, very good sneakers, and the sneaker fiends must have them. — Christine Flammia, Esquire, "Point-Missing Sneakerheads Are Now Fighting Over Pharrell’s Peace-Themed Adidas," 23 Feb. 2018 Vampire Uprising is well worth a bite: The creature-feature crew will discover that recognizable tropes can feel fresh, and readers who aren’t horror fiends will find a beguiling entry into the thoughts of Dracula and his ilk living among us. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "Clever 'Vampire Uprising': These blood-suckers are demanding their civil rights!," 5 June 2018 Dante’s ‘Inferno’ reserves hell’s lowest circle for traitors, placing Judas Iscariot and other such fiends in a frozen lake. — William Anthony Hay, WSJ, "‘The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold’ and ‘Turncoat’ Review: His Own Worst Enemy," 24 May 2018

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