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Fierce Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fierce? [adj] violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [adj] ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage" [adj] marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions" [adj] marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fierce: boisterous \| bowelless \| cutthroat \| ferocious \| furious \| intense \| merciless \| rough \| savage \| stormy \| tearing \| trigger-happy \| unmerciful \| vehement \| violent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fierce: abandoned \| acid \| acidulous \| acrid \| acrimonious \| acute \| aggressive \| amok \| angry \| animal \| antagonistic \| anthropophagous \| astringent \| atrocious \| awful \| barbaric \| barbarous \| battling \| beastly \| bellicose \| belligerent \| bellowing \| berserk \| bestial \| biting \| bitter \| bloodthirsty \| bloody \| bloody-minded \| brutal \| brutalized \| brute \| brutish \| cannibalistic \| carried away \| caustic \| chauvinist \| chauvinistic \| combative \| concentrated \| contentious \| cruel \| cruel-hearted \| cutting \| dangerous \| delirious \| demoniac \| demoniacal \| desperate \| devilish \| diabolic \| dire \| distracted \| double-edged \| Draconian \| drastic \| dreadful \| ecstatic \| edged \| enemy \| enraged \| enraptured \| escharotic \| excessive \| exorbitant \| exquisite \| extravagant \| extreme \| fell \| feral \| ferine \| ferocious \| fiendish \| fiendlike \| fiery \| fighting \| fighting mad \| frantic \| frenzied \| full of fight \| fulminating \| fuming \| furious \| great \| grim \| haggard \| harsh \| hawkish \| hellish \| hog-wild \| homicidal \| hopping mad \| hostile \| hotheaded \| howling \| hysterical \| immoderate \| impetuous \| in a rage \| in a transport \| in hysterics \| incisive \| infernal \| infuriate \| infuriated \| inhuman \| inhumane \| inimical \| inordinate \| intemperate \| intense \| intoxicated \| intractable \| jingo \| jingoish \| jingoist \| jingoistic \| keen \| kill-crazy \| mad \| maddened \| madding \| malign \| malignant \| maniac \| martial \| menacing \| merciless \| militant \| militaristic \| military \| mordacious \| mordant \| murderous \| noncivilized \| offensive \| orgasmic \| orgiastic \| outrageous \| passionate \| penetrating \| piercing \| pitiless \| poignant \| possessed \| pugnacious \| quarrelsome \| rabid \| racking \| raging \| ramping \| ranting \| raving \| raving mad \| ravished \| rigorous \| roaring \| roaring mad \| rough \| running mad \| ruthless \| saber-rattling \| sadistic \| sanguinary \| sanguineous \| satanic \| savage \| scathing \| scrappy \| severe \| sharkish \| sharp \| simmering \| slavering \| soldierlike \| soldierly \| splitting \| stabbing \| stinging \| storming \| stormy \| strident \| stringent \| subhuman \| superlative \| supreme \| tameless \| tart \| Tartarean \| tempestuous \| terrible \| threatening \| tigerish \| tornadic \| tough \| transcendent \| transported \| trenchant \| trigger-happy \| truculent \| tumultuous \| turbulent \| unchristian \| uncivilized \| unconscionable \| uncontrollable \| unfriendly \| ungentle \| unhuman \| unpacific \| unpeaceable \| unpeaceful \| untamed \| vehement \| venomous \| vicious \| violent \| virulent \| vitriolic \| volcanic \| warlike \| warmongering \| warring \| wild \| wild-eyed \| wild-looking \| wolfish See Also \| Fierce In Webster's Dictionary \Fierce\, a. [Compar. {Fiercer}; superl. {Fiercest}.] [OE. fers, fiers, OF. fier, nom. fiers, fierce, savage, cruel, F. fier proud, from L. ferus wild, savage, cruel; perh. akin to E. bear the animal. Cf. {Feral}, {Ferocity}.] 1. Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind. His fierce thunder drove us to the deep. --Milton. 2. Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious. ``A fierce whisper.'' --Dickens. ``A fierce tyrant.'' --Pope. The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear. --Milton. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion. --Job. x. 16. 3. Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent. Syn: Ferocious; savage; cruel; vehement; impetuous; barbarous; fell. See {Ferocious}. -- {Fierce"ly}, adv. -- {Fierce"ness}, n.

Fierce Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fierce?

[adj] violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
[adj] ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage"
[adj] marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"
[adj] marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

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Fierce In Webster's Dictionary

\Fierce\, a. [Compar. {Fiercer}; superl. {Fiercest}.]
[OE. fers, fiers, OF. fier, nom. fiers, fierce, savage,
cruel, F. fier proud, from L. ferus wild, savage, cruel;
perh. akin to E. bear the animal. Cf. {Feral}, {Ferocity}.]
1. Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce
   wind.

         His fierce thunder drove us to the deep. --Milton.

2. Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or
   injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious. ``A
   fierce whisper.'' --Dickens. ``A fierce tyrant.'' --Pope.

         The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear. --Milton.

         Thou huntest me as a fierce lion.     --Job. x. 16.

3. Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.

Syn: Ferocious; savage; cruel; vehement; impetuous;
     barbarous; fell. See {Ferocious}. -- {Fierce"ly}, adv.
     -- {Fierce"ness}, n.

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