Synonyms for archfiend


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahrch-feend
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑrtʃˈfind


Définition of archfiend

Origin :
  • 1667, from arch (adj.) + fiend (n.). Originally and typically Satan (cf. arch-foe "Satan," 1610s).
  • So stretcht out huge in length the Arch-fiend lay. ["Paradise Lost," 1667]
  • noun fiend
Example sentences :
  • And then the subject became Religion, which was the Archfiend's deadliest weapon.
  • Extract from : « The Jungle » by Upton Sinclair
  • The archfiend himself is often distinguished by the softened title of the "good-man."
  • Extract from : « Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. II (of 3) » by Walter Scott
  • It was believed he had by inspiration secured an exact portrait of the archfiend.
  • Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway
  • Even among the men of the logs, who are bad, one man stands alone as the archfiend of them all.
  • Extract from : « The Promise » by James B. Hendryx
  • I warrant you, if you had till the Day of Judgment, you could not guess what this archfiend is thinking.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea
  • And there came news that the king was in some gambling house with a troupe of that archfiend's spies.
  • Extract from : « The Weight of the Crown » by Fred M. White
  • The archfiend promises pleasures without stint, and power without limitation.
  • Extract from : « The Magic of the Middle Ages » by Viktor Rydberg

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