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fiercening

fiercening is the present participle and gerund of fiercen.

Meaning of fiercen

Verb

fiercen (third-person singular simple present fiercens, present participle fiercening, simple past and past participle fiercened)

  1. (transitive) To make fierce.
    1. (dialectal, transitive) To enliven.
  2. (intransitive) To become or grow fierce.

Adjective

fiercening (not comparable)

  1. becoming fiercer

Questions about fiercening

What does fiercening mean?
Fiercening means becoming fiercer.
What is fiercening the present participle and gerund of?
Fiercening is the present participle and gerund of fiercen.
What part of speech is fiercening?
Fiercening is an adjective.

Words near fiercening in the dictionary

  1. fiercen
  2. fiercen up
  3. fiercened
  4. fierceness
  5. fiercenesses
  6. fiercening
  7. fiercens
  8. fiercer
  9. fiercesome
  10. fiercest
  11. fiercity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fiercening (page history and authors); fiercen (page history and authors). 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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