EGAVE

fiend

About 0.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
  2. noun A very evil person.
  3. noun An enemy; a foe.
    We waited for our fiend to arrive.
  4. noun The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
  5. noun An addict or fanatic.
    dope fiend
  6. verb To yearn; to be desperate. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[ with for ‘something, especially drugs’]

Similar words

devil demon daimon daemon ogre fanatic monster hell boogeyman warlock

Often followed by

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Word family

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