Meaning

A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit..

Definitions by Sense

1. A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
2. A very evil person.
3. (obsolete) An enemy; a foe.
4. (religious, archaic, sometimes capitalised) The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
5. (informal) An addict or fanatic.
6. (slang, intransitive) To yearn; to be desperate. [(often) with for ‘something, especially drugs’]

Example Sentences

what God or Feend, or ſpirit of the earth, Or Monſter turned to a manly ſhape, Or of what mould or mettel he be made, […]

Many hold too that he was acquainted with forbidden arts, and used to carry on an intercourse with the fiends and old women that raised storms, and such like.

Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!

We waited for our fiend to arrive.

He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.

At the confirmation ceremony the bishop would lay his hands on the child and tie around its forehead a linen band […]. This was believed to strengthen him against the assaults of the fiend […]

dope fiend

He's been a jazz fiend since his teenage years.

Word Forms

• fiends
• fend
• fiending
• fiended

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