fiend
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fiends
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fiends
Britannica Dictionary definition of FIEND
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1
a
:
an evil spirit
:
a demon or devil
b
:
a very evil or cruel person
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a murderous fiend
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a fiend in human form
2
informal
a
:
a person who is very enthusiastic about something
:
fanatic
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He's a real golf fiend.
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a fresh air fiend
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He's a fiend for physical fitness. [=he is very devoted to physical fitness]
b
:
a person who is addicted to a drug or to a kind of behavior
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a dope/drug fiend [=addict]
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a sex fiend
like a fiend
chiefly US, informal
— used to say that someone does a lot of something
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She's been working like a fiend. [=working very hard]
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He smokes like a fiend.
