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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
Before then, though, McDonald’s is offering a DIY solution for McRib fiends.
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Mike Snider, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Mike Snider, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiend
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His affinity for wrestling villains, or heels, adds another layer to his potential return.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Like Adeyemi/Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist could become the villain of the whole race if someone doesn’t intervene to stop it.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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Here, he was portrayed as a devoted father, a health-and-fitness addict, a gladiator raging against the ravages of professional athletics.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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Kunis played a young addict that works through her addiction with her mother's help in the movie, which is based on a book titled How's Amanda?—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The event brings together hundreds of religious motorcycle lovers, while raising funds to benefit St Luke’s Center, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility operated by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Elsewhere in the world of watch lovers, Kevin O’Leary was on Fox celebrating his auction win of a unique Chanel Boy.—
Sophie Furley,
Robb Report,
26 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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Meanwhile, as if disciplining your demon seed wasn’t stressful enough, Rowan is also getting conflicting versions of mom-shaming from two Mayfair relatives, one of whom is actually deceased.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
5 Jan. 2025
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Play devil’s advocate, explore worst-case scenarios and invite constructive criticism.—
Mark Kane,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Against Djokovic, that battle can become a devil’s choice.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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But experts say detection software can misidentify writing as AI-generated.—
Rachel Hale,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Uncertainty about Trump’s policies is prompting both China and Japan to seek a stable relationship, said Taizo Miyagi, an expert on Japanese diplomacy at Chuo University in Tokyo.—
Ken Moritsugu,
Chicago Tribune,
22 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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But even if the ban does go into effect, TikTok will not disappear from users' phones.—
JOSEPH WILKINSON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS (TNS),
arkansasonline.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Now, for many of the platform's 170 million American users, Trump's first day in office threatens to be overshadowed by — or worse, forever tied to — the disappearance of TikTok from app stores.—
Zachary Basu,
Axios,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Fiend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiend. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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