fierce
adjective /fɪəs/
/fɪrs/ Definition
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B2 physically violent and frightening: a fierce attack/battle Two men were shot during fierce fighting last weekend.Violent or aggressiveUnkind, cruel and unfeelingTreating people or animals badly B2 strong and powerful: Fierce winds/seas prevented the race from taking place. Fire fighters had to retreat from the fierce heat.Physically strong and powerful B2 showing strong feeling or energetic activity: The expansion plans will face fierce opposition/resistance from environmentalists. There is fierce competition to join the Special Branch.Energetic and livelyStrong feelings › US informal difficult: The chemistry exam was fierce!Complicated and difficult to doDifficult to understand fierceness /-nəs/ noun [U] Violent or aggressiveUnkind, cruel and unfeelingTreating people or animals badlyDifficult things and peoplePreventing and impeding
(Definition of fierce adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aggressive adjective
- aggro noun
- all hell breaks loose idiom
- atrocious adjective (CRUEL)
- atrocity noun
- bloodletting noun
- ferocious adjective
- fiercely adverb
- fighting words noun
- flex your muscles idiom
- forced adjective
- forcible adjective (USING PHYSICAL POWER)
- hostile adjective (ENEMY)
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- roughly adverb (VIOLENTLY)
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