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Definition of "archfiend" []

  • A principal fiend. (noun)
  • The Devil; Satan. Used with the. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "archfiend" in a sentence
  • "Who can forget the stories about the war atrocities committed by archfiend George Bush and the heteronormative establishment upon our most vulnerable citizens: illegal immigrants, criminals, the unemployable, and the emotionally ill."
  • "The decimation of Aryan Germany at the hands of the world's archfiend, America, had flashed before him in this room so often that at times he was sure he was losing his mind."
  • "That's because I came to consider the real archfiend in religion to be the man-made organizing of it and all which that entails, leaves out, and limits."