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.
FIEND definition: 1. an evil and cruel person: 2. someone who likes something very much or is very interested in…. Learn more.
If you describe someone as a fiend, you mean that they are extremely wicked or cruel.
A very evil person. Synonym: monster (obsolete) An enemy; a foe. We waited for our fiend to arrive. (religious, archaic, sometimes capitalised) The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
Definition of fiend noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Collocations: informal: those [kids, children, students] are little fiends!, UK, informal: [don't be, you're] such a fiend!, UK, informal: how could you be such a fiend?, more...
The Old English root word for fiend translates to “an enemy, the devil, a demon”: three cruel characters that would delight in causing you harm. Watch out for fiends like them.
There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun fiend, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
But even then the foul fiend kept the letter of his compact. They were cowed, as they said, by that disciple and limb of the fiend called La Pucelle, that used false enchantments and sorcery. Born in 1989, the self-professed "music fiend " is following in his father's footsteps.
A fiend is a person or monster who has evil plans in their mind. They may try to steal your soul, or perhaps just want to hurt your feelings. Either way, fiends never mean you well.