fierce
UK/fɪəs/
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British/fɪːs/
fierce adjective: exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
Adjective
fierce (comparative fiercer or more fierce, superlative fiercest or most fierce)
- Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
- A fierce storm battered the coast.
- Their fights with other members of their own kind were always preceded by loud and fierce waulings or savage snarling and snapping of teeth […]2006, Kenneth Conibear, Northland Footprints
- Resolute or strenuously active.
- We made a fierce attempt to escape.
- I feel a fierce loyalty to my kin.
- Threatening in appearance or demeanor.
- The lion gave a fierce roar.
- Synonyms:
- incessive
- Excellent, very good.
- Q: "How was the party last night?" A: "Fierce!"
- Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah.
- Tyra said to strike a pose and make it fierce.
Adverb
fierce (not comparable)
- Extremely; very.
- It was fierce cold last night.
fierce meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fierce in Hindi
- extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage
- हिंसक hinsak, क्रूर krūr, उग्र ugra
fierce in Tamil
- குரூரமான, கொடூரமான, கடுமையாக, மூர்க்கமான, உக்கிரமான
fierce in Marathi
- fierce, intense
- भयंकर bhayaṅkar
fierce in Urdu
- fierce, truculent, rapacious
- ژیاں źiyā̃
More languagesFewer languages
- fierce in Bengali
- অগ্নিপুরুষ ognipuruś
- fierce in Malayalam
- കൊടിയ koṭiya
- fierce in Kannada
- ಉಗ್ರ ugra
- fierce in Punjabi
- ਉਗਰ ugar
- fierce in Gujarati
- ઉગ્ર
- fierce in Odia
- ଉଗ୍ର, ପ୍ରଚଣ୍ଡ
- fierce in Sanskrit
- उग्र ugrá, चण्ड cáṇḍa
- fierce in Sinhala
- කටු kaṭu
- fierce in Nepali
- उग्र
- fierce in Tagalog
- mabangis
- fierce in Malay
- ganas, buas
- fierce in Persian
- درنده darande, ژیان žayân
Examples of fierce in a sentence
- A common theme ran throughout their history: they were the fiercest of fighters, and eventually bred to fight—in wars during antiquity, in dog fights for centuries.2012, Michael Bryant, 28 Seconds: A True Story of Addiction, Tragedy, and Hope, Viking:
- Yet his passion for her had grown fiercer than ever, and he swore to himself that he would win her back from her phantasies.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- Trump’s fiercest advocates have launched their Samson option: If he can’t keep power, they’ll bring down the party with him by calling for a boycott of the election.2020 December 29, Frida Ghitis, “Trump has set Republicans up to fail in Georgia”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2022:
Synonyms of fierce
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Forms of fierce
| comparative | fiercer |
|---|---|
| comparative | more fierce |
| superlative | fiercest |
| superlative | most fierce |
Origin of fierce
From Middle English fers, fiers, borrowed from Old French fers (“wild", "ferocious”), nominative of fer, from Latin ferus (“wild", "untamed”).
Words formed from fierce
Phrases with fierce
Words that rhyme with fierce
Questions about fierce
- What does fierce mean?
- Fierce means exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
- What is fierce in Hindi?
- Fierce in Hindi is हिंसक (hinsak), क्रूर (krūr), उग्र (ugra). See Fierce meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use fierce in a sentence?
- A common theme ran throughout their history: they were the fiercest of fighters, and eventually bred to fight—in wars during antiquity, in dog fights for centuries.
- What part of speech is fierce?
- Fierce can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce fierce?
- Fierce is pronounced /fɪəs/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fierce (page history and authors); fierce (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भयंकर (Marathi) (page history and authors); ژیاں (Urdu) (page history and authors); অগ্নিপুরুষ (Bengali) (page history and authors); കൊടിയ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಉಗ್ರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਉਗਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); fierce (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fierce (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); කටු (Sinhala) (page history and authors); fierce (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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