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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
The impertinence of the Kodak fiend has become a vast, invisible apparatus of computation that is perpetually grinding data from the grist of our daily affairs, and exploiting such information for all sorts of ends.
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Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
When not writing, Maggie is a wine enthusiast, a travel junkie and a romance reading fiend.
—Tiara Allen, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Scott Weiland was a notorious dope fiend, but managed to separate his art from his extracurricular pursuits.
—Henry Everingham, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2024
While caveats abound—Harbaugh is a fiend for the running game, and Herbert’s been gimpy since suffering a high-ankle sprain in Week 2—the whiplash change of tactics is still pretty remarkable.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
When not writing, Maggie is a wine enthusiast, a travel junkie and a romance reading fiend.
—Tiara Allen, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Scott Weiland was a notorious dope fiend, but managed to separate his art from his extracurricular pursuits.
—Henry Everingham, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2024
While caveats abound—Harbaugh is a fiend for the running game, and Herbert’s been gimpy since suffering a high-ankle sprain in Week 2—the whiplash change of tactics is still pretty remarkable.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiend
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Also tossed in are picturesque but gratuitous use of famous tourist landmarks as background, near-superheroic training montages, credible intimate character dynamics, a ruthless villain (Johan Heldenbergh as Vanaken) and action that in the home stretch goes absurdly over-the-top.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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And though Young and (especially) the perpetrators of the massacre are clearly the villains of the piece, their past history at least partly explains their choices.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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Essay Confessions of a Self-Help Addict Haley Mlotek A self-help addict explains why.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Zillow addicts and fans of the reality TV show Selling Sunset can live vicariously through rich and famous house-hunters in New York City, as Selling the City, out Jan. 3, offers a look into the apartments in sky-high buildings with sky-high price tags.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 1 Jan. 2025
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Out back, there’s a chicken house for egg layers and a two-stall barn, with a tack room, for equine lovers.Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025
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The Google Pixel 9 Pro is another phone that is great for photography lovers.Rachel Wells, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Audiard long had imagined an internal struggle within Emilia between man and woman, demon and angel.Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
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Off to Buffalo: Will the last demon exorcised from Empower Field please turn out the lights?Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
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And there are folk devils being made all around us, so maybe another Nosferatu adaptation is more necessary than ever.Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
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Well of Radiance-using devil Exo as my big pull who is yes, better than all my other characters instantly.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Amazon has also been identified as a potential buyer, with experts pointing to TikTok and Amazon’s deepening ties, such as the announcement of a partnership this year allowing users to browse and purchase products from Amazon on TikTok.Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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But compared at least with the infectious threat most prominent in very recent memory, H5N1 should have been a manageable foe, experts outside of federal agencies told me.Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Maliki is a divisive brute whom Iran supports to the hilt.Dov Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2014
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One million doctors to give care, 1.4 million brutes in cubicles doing their best to stop doctors from giving that care.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Her story has garnered over 9,100 upvotes, with many users expressing their support for her actions.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Attackers can use these extensions to exfiltrate browsing data, monitor user activity and even bypass security measures such as two-factor authentication.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Fiend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiend. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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