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UK
/fˈiəs/
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[ US /ˈfɪɹs/ ]
[ US /ˈfɪɹs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
ruthless in competition
cutthroat competition
bowelless readiness to take advantage -
marked by extreme and violent energy
a furious battle
a ferocious beating
fierce fighting -
violently agitated and turbulent
boisterous winds and waves
rough seas
the fierce thunders roar me their music
rough weather -
marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
vehement dislike
violent passions
in a tearing rage
fierce loyalty
How To Use fierce In A Sentence
- They drew swords, and fought fiercely, cussing and insulting each other as swiftly as they threw blows.
- Where are their fiercest critics when humane help is wanted? The Sun
- Balboa had a reputation as a fierce and quarrelsome young man.
- The sun beat down with fierce intensity.
- He wears his cap backwards and spits rhymes with fierce energy and unbridled theatrics. The Harvard Crimson :: News
- He chased the unmigratory tropi-ducks from their shrewd-hidden nests, walked circumspectly among the crocodiles hauled out of water for slumber, and crept under the jungle-roof and spied upon the snow-white saucy cockatoos, the fierce ospreys, the heavy-flighted buzzards, the lories and kingfishers, and the absurdly garrulous little pygmy parrots. CHAPTER XV
- Anti-monarchist rebels bombed the police base a, triggering a fierce exchange of fire.
- I doubt that Michelle Obama was surprised or dismayed by the boos at the Nascar rally: it's not surprising that the national doubtfulness about first ladies and the strong, accomplished women who are coming to hold the role would emerge in boos from some of the Obama administration's fiercest opponents. Michelle Obama's Nascar boos | Kay Dilday
- Its plans are likely to be fiercely opposed by residents, conservation groups and some environmentalists concerned at the impact on the landscape. Times, Sunday Times
- Its political culture, once fiercely democratic, is being eroded by a manipulated, bureaucratic legalism that identifies dissent as disloyalty.