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   fierce

   /fɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness: "fierce fighting continued throughout the day" Similar ferocioussavageviciouswildferaluntamedundomesticatedaggressivebloodthirstydangerouscruelbrutalmurderousmenacingthreateningterriblegrimOpposite gentletame
   • ▪ (of the weather or temperature) powerful and destructive: "fierce storms lashed the country" Similar powerfulstrongviolentforcefulbitterstormyblusterygustyboisteroustempestuousragingfuriousturbulenttumultuouscyclonictyphonicdestructivedevastatingOpposite gentle
   • ▪ showing a heartfelt and powerful intensity: "his fierce loyalty" Similar intensepowerfulvehementpassionateimpassionedferventfervidfieryflamingardentuncontrolledimmoderateintemperateinordinateOpposite mild
   • ▪ (of a mechanism) having a jolting and powerful abruptness of action: "the fire door had a fierce pneumatic return"
   • ▪ fashionable or attractive in a bold or striking way: "the actress looked as fierce and fashion-forward as ever"

   adverb

   • 1. very; extremely: informal Irish "he was fierce proud"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French fiers ‘fierce, brave, proud’, from Latin ferus ‘untamed’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fierceness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFIERCE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     FIERCE meaning: 1. physically violent and frightening: 2....

   • Fierce Spanish Translation

     FIERCE translate: fiero, feroz, fuerte, feroz, intenso,...

   • Fierce: Russian Translation

     FIERCE translate: свирепый, неистовый , неистовый, жестокий...

   • Znaczenie Fierce, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     FIERCE definicja: 1. physically violent and frightening: 2....

   • Traditional

     FIERCE translate: 猛烈的;激烈的;駭人的, 狂暴的, 強烈的;狂熱的, 困難的. Learn more...

   • Fierce: Polish Translation

     FIERCE translate: dziki, wściekły, zajadły, gwałtowny,...

   • Fierce: French Translation

     FIERCE translate: féroce, farouche, terrible, acharné/-ée,...

   • Vietnamese Translation

     FIERCE translate: hung tợn và giận dữ, mãnh liệt. Learn more...

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   • Some common synonyms of fierce are barbarous, cruel, ferocious, and savage. While all these words mean "showing fury or malignity in looks or actio...
   • While in some cases nearly identical to fierce, barbarous implies a ferocity or mercilessness regarded as unworthy of civilized people. // barbarou...
   • The meanings of cruel and fierce largely overlap; however, cruel implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it. //...
   • The synonyms ferocious and fierce are sometimes interchangeable, but ferocious implies extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality....
   • Although the words savage and fierce have much in common, savage implies the absence of inhibitions restraining civilized people filled with rage,...

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