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
Chamberlain Coffee by Emma Chamberlain: The YouTuber turned entrepreneur is here to help out the caffeine fiends.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 7 July 2025
Indeed, during my childhood, dogs seemed more like fiends than friends.
—Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
Here are five must-see spots for literature fiends in Istanbul:
Pera Palace Hotel
Pera Palace is most well-known for literature lovers as the hotel where Agatha Christie allegedly wrote Murder on the Orient Express.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
That fiend was let go by a Democrat judge with a $500 bail.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
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Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 7 July 2025
Indeed, during my childhood, dogs seemed more like fiends than friends.
—Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
Here are five must-see spots for literature fiends in Istanbul:
Pera Palace Hotel
Pera Palace is most well-known for literature lovers as the hotel where Agatha Christie allegedly wrote Murder on the Orient Express.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
That fiend was let go by a Democrat judge with a $500 bail.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Fiend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiend. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
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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