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as in villains
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
even the utter horror of the terrorist attack did not deter some fiends from going on a looting spree
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as in addicts
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
the miserable, wasted lives of narcotic fiends
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as in lovers
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
comic-book fiends seem to have their own little world
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as in demons
an evil spirit
the legend that a fiend continues to haunt what was once the castle's torture chamber
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as in experts
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
our in-house computer fiend fixed the problem in no time
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Recent Examples of fiends
Here are eight takes on the cover-friendly storage solution, fit for design fiends, bookworms, and archivists alike.
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 18 Feb. 2026
Those who take the tour get a discount on chocolate purchases, and the hot chocolate is a must-try for chocolate fiends.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
The league has enough meddling owners and microphone fiends.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
After someone in the other party fires a potshot that grazes the head of one of Rex’s fiends, another buddy returns fire and kills the original shooter.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
Bats have long been maligned, associated with the likes of Dracula and other spooky fiends of the night.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Sure, Pokémon is cool and all, but real portable monster battle fiends know that Digimon is often the more interesting franchise.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Nutrition Prize – Nigeria, Togo, Italy, France (2023) Are lizards pizza fiends at heart?
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
This is a jolt of exciting news for Boise-area caffeine fiends.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Sep. 2025
Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 18 Feb. 2026
Those who take the tour get a discount on chocolate purchases, and the hot chocolate is a must-try for chocolate fiends.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
The league has enough meddling owners and microphone fiends.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
After someone in the other party fires a potshot that grazes the head of one of Rex’s fiends, another buddy returns fire and kills the original shooter.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
Bats have long been maligned, associated with the likes of Dracula and other spooky fiends of the night.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Sure, Pokémon is cool and all, but real portable monster battle fiends know that Digimon is often the more interesting franchise.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Nutrition Prize – Nigeria, Togo, Italy, France (2023) Are lizards pizza fiends at heart?
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
This is a jolt of exciting news for Boise-area caffeine fiends.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiends
Noun
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And where do the villains come in?—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2026
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His heroic actions — along with those of returning protagonists Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) —ultimately foil the villains.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
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Their defence lawyers portrayed some as childhood victims of abuse, others as addicts.—
Gaby Wood,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2026
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Boston community leaders proposed a new plan to tackle the open-air drug market at and around Mass and Cass that focuses on getting addicts off the streets, out of jail and into recovery in order to avoid last summer’s crowding and chaos.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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Outdoor lovers can explore Monroe Lake, the Hoosier National Forest, historic limestone quarries, and year-round festivals just an hour from Indianapolis.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2026
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Margarita lovers, Sunday is calling.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Are Hellebuyck’s playoff demons slain, then?—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018) Bruce Campbell returns to the role he was born to play in this comedy-horror series 30 years after vanquishing body-possessing demons in The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), and Army of Darkness (1992).—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Feb. 2026
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According to experts, shorter humanoids like PM01 benefit from a lower center of mass, which reduces tipping risk and requires less rotational torque to complete the maneuver.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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Companies that raised prices because of tariffs are unlikely to immediately reduce them because of the ruling, experts said, as rates remain uncertain.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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For much of his career, Skarsgård has gravitated toward characters who weaponize physical presence — Vikings, tech titans and mythic brutes whose power is immediately legible.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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Credit to producers Tim Zinnemann and George Linder for selecting a veritable array of brutes to wage battle with Arnold.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Nov. 2025
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And now that the alerts system has gone live, users receive a tiny, fuzzy image with some astronomical metadata of each observation that fits their criteria—all just a couple of minutes after Rubin captures the original image.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
26 Feb. 2026
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Others, including Pennsylvania and Missouri, are exploring special tariffs on large power users – such as data centers – that reflect the true reliability and capacity costs of serving these facilities.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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The moans announced the doubt throughout Riviera’s 18th green amphitheater, a bowl full of thousands of fans unsure if the new guy could do it.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Of the 63% of international fans who attended the Games, the United States, at 14%, bought the second-most tickets.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Fiends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiends. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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