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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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