fierce

[Fierce]

Fierce is ferocious and forceful, like a lion. When you are fierce, opponents fear you. Despite their loss, the talented JV team put up a fierce fight against the varsity squad.

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Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind.

Adjective S.
violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"

Adjective S.
ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage"

Adjective S.
marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"

Adjective S.
marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"


superl.
Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind.

superl.
Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious.

superl.
Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.


Fierce

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.
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.
Thou huntest me as a fierce lion.
3. Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent. Syn. -- Ferocious; savage; cruel; vehement; impetuous; barbarous; fell. See Ferocious. -- Fierce"ly, adv. -- Fierce"ness, n.

Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind.

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Usage Examples

We've all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because it's not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there is, the more desire we have.

Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog.

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Other Usage Examples

White... is not a mere absence of colour it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black... God paints in many colours but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white.

I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.

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