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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