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as in villain
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 addict
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
the miserable, wasted lives of narcotic fiends
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as in lover
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 demon
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 expert
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 fiend
Celebrated monster-suit actor Doug Jones portrays the fiend, as well as the long-limbed Faun who leads our young hero (Ivana Baquero) into a subterranean world of magic and danger.
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Cape Cod has a free hotel room for the Rice Krispies fiends who want to relieve their childhoods.
—Steph Solis, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
Theodore Roosevelt had a particular loathing for Kodak fiends.
—Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
In her first year as a pro Clark has almost singlehandedly ushered the WNBA into a new era, as her games with the Fever became mandatory viewing for basketball fiends and curiosity seekers alike.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Sep. 2024
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Cape Cod has a free hotel room for the Rice Krispies fiends who want to relieve their childhoods.
—Steph Solis, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
Theodore Roosevelt had a particular loathing for Kodak fiends.
—Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
In her first year as a pro Clark has almost singlehandedly ushered the WNBA into a new era, as her games with the Fever became mandatory viewing for basketball fiends and curiosity seekers alike.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiend
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Or even an appearance from Tom Holland’s Peter Parker that would mean two hours haven’t been wasted watching this forgettable origin tale of a villain who’s not really THAT bad.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The news comes a couple days after Variety reported that a film about the Batman villain was coming down the pike.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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At first, everyone’s feeling a bit Grinchy because Ginny won’t serve Christmas Eve dinner until the sweetheart of the family, the recovering heroin addict Johnny (Christopher Sears), arrives with his friend and fellow N.A. member Loren (Barbie Ferreira).Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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The left always chooses career violent criminals and/or drug addicts as their heroes & martyrs, and communists anarchist like AOC blow the dog whistle.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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The future outlook, unfortunately, is cloudy for lovers of the morning cup o’ Joe.Alicia Wallace, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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While the 2024 Golden Vines pulled out all the stops for wine lovers who gathered from around the world, Miami is set to one-up one of the great wine weekends of the year.Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
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The show ran from 1997 to 2003 and saw Gellar’s Buffy Summers seek out and destroy vampires, demons and other forces of darkness, with the help of her friends.Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
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In the first season, Cross faces his toughest case yet while grappling with personal demons that threaten to derail him.Okla Jones, Essence, 14 Dec. 2024
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Sipping whiskey, a wise devil offers: Advice love, giant love, self love, superstar love, dumb love, trouble love?Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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People gather expectantly on the streets or gaze from their windows, and then the performers arrive, all garbed in red devil costumes, complete with horns and pitchforks covered in sparkling fireworks.Matt Ralphs, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
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Read more Workplace incivility spikes around elections, expert says at Newsweek event Presidential election causing office unrest?Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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But nobody knows his real age, and some experts suspect Jonathan was probably born even earlier.Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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Others claim that the brute was named either for a popular near beer or for a Sunday comic strip about monkeys.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Nov. 2024
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When searching for reprieve, there’s sanctuary in a movie musical that looks like a Broadway smash, a Colosseum full of vintage brutes, a Harry Styles simile.Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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Meta had a short-term goal of 500,000 monthly active users in Horizon Worlds by the end of the year.Devan Burris, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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Matching the competition, bringing Apple Intelligence to the broadest possible user base, and acting as a testbed for the larger and more powerful iPhones to come.Ewan Spence, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Fiend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiend. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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