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Fierce
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fierce
adjective, fierc·er, fierc·est.
1.
menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
3.
furiously eager or intense: fierce competition.
4.
Informal. extremely bad or severe: a fierce cold.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English fiers < Anglo-French fers, Old French fiers (nominative) < Latin ferus wild, fierce; cf. feral1 , ferocious
1250–1300; Middle English fiers < Anglo-French fers, Old French fiers (nominative) < Latin ferus wild, fierce; cf. feral1 , ferocious
Related forms
fierce·ly, adverb
fierce·ness, noun
o·ver·fierce, adjective
o·ver·fierce·ly, adverb
o·ver·fierce·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. untamed; cruel, fell, brutal; barbarous, bloodthirsty, murderous.Fierce, ferocious, truculent suggest vehemence and violence oftemper, manner, or action: fierce in repelling a foe. Ferocious impliesfierceness or cruelty, especially of a bloodthirsty kind, in disposition oraction: a ferocious glare; ferocious brutality toward helpless refugees.Truculent suggests an intimidating or bullying fierceness of manner orconduct: His truculent attitude kept them terrified and submissive. 2, 3.furious, passionate, turbulent.
1. untamed; cruel, fell, brutal; barbarous, bloodthirsty, murderous.Fierce, ferocious, truculent suggest vehemence and violence oftemper, manner, or action: fierce in repelling a foe. Ferocious impliesfierceness or cruelty, especially of a bloodthirsty kind, in disposition oraction: a ferocious glare; ferocious brutality toward helpless refugees.Truculent suggests an intimidating or bullying fierceness of manner orconduct: His truculent attitude kept them terrified and submissive. 2, 3.furious, passionate, turbulent.
Antonyms
1. tame, mild.
1. tame, mild.
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Word Origin & History
fierce
mid-13c., from O.Fr. fers, nom. form of fer, fier "wild, ferocious," fromL. ferus "wild, untamed," from PIE base *gwer- "wild, wild animal" (cf.Gk. ther, O.C.S. zveri, Lith. zveris "wild beast"). Originally in Englishalso with a sense of "brave, proud," which died out 16c., but causedthe word at first to be commonly used as an epithet, which accounts for therare instance of a French word entering English in the nominativecase. Related: Fiercely; fierceness.
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