fierce

Speech parts

1. fierce - Adjective

2. fierce - Adverb

4. fierce - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

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

Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

savage ferocious violent furious vehement powerful fell wild intense rough aggressive brutal cruel ruthless fiery
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Antonyms

pacific clarion meek nocturne slack good
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Phrases with the word

fierce fight fierce competition be fierce fierce rivalry fierce wind fierce contest

Anagrams

Recife

Examples

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

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism. John C. Calhoun

Crude thoughts and fierce forces are my state. I do not know who I am. Nor what I was. I cannot hear a sound. Pain is near that will be like no pain felt before. Norman Mailer

A fierce dog ruins a liquor store business. Chinese Proverb

Providence provides but short horns for the fierce ox. Latin Proverb

The lion is not so fierce as he is painted. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Fienup fier fierasfer fierce attachment fierce battle fierce combat