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- 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 of fiend from the Web
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Bonus time: Jones is a sneaker fiend as has a collection of more than 40 pairs of shoes.
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In his international play, Saric was a dancing, fist pumping, roof raising fiend, but has been mostly subdued in his celebratory moments with the Sixers.
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Here are the latest tweets for caffeine fiends — follow @usatodayeats for more crave-inducing updates on food and drink.
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Designed for 10-year-olds, the little buggy is a $5,000 gateway drug for dirt fiends.
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With rare exception, every guy who strolls onto Graham's set is a fiend.
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Next month, it’ll be displayed at the London Classic Car Show, where car-fiends and Diana-lovers alike can enjoy a blast from the royal past.
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After becoming a fitness fiend in 2015, Khloé Kardashian can’t help but pine a little for her pre-pregnancy body.
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Meanwhile, art fiends should head over to the Art & Culture Center of Hollywood.
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Origin and Etymology of fiend
Middle English, from Old English fīend; akin to Old High German fīant enemy, Sanskrit pīyati he reviles, blames
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First Known Use: before 12th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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Synonyms
addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fancier, fool, freak, habitué (also habitue), head, hound, junkie (also junky), lover, maniac, maven (also mavin), nut, sucker;
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Related Words
admirer, amateur, collector, connoisseur, dilettante;
adherent, convert, cultist, disciple, follower, hanger-on, votary;
advocate, apostle, backer, champion, evangelist, exponent, friend, patron, promoter, proponent, supporter;
FIEND Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of fiend for English Language Learners
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: an evil spirit : a demon or devil
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: a very evil or cruel person
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: a person who is very enthusiastic about something
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