fierce.
Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
Meaning & usage
Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
A fierce storm battered the coast.
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fers, fiers, borrowed from Old French fers (“wild", "ferocious”), nominative of fer, from Latin ferus (“wild", "untamed”).
Extremely; very.
It was fierce cold last night.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fers, fiers, borrowed from Old French fers (“wild", "ferocious”), nominative of fer, from Latin ferus (“wild", "untamed”).
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