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ADJECTIVE (4)

1. marked by extreme and violent energy;
- Example: "a ferocious beating"
- Example: "fierce fighting"
- Example: "a furious battle"
[syn: ferocious, fierce, furious, savage]

2. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid;
- Example: "fierce loyalty"
- Example: "in a tearing rage"
- Example: "vehement dislike"
- Example: "violent passions"
[syn: fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy]

3. ruthless in competition;
- Example: "cutthroat competition"
- Example: "bowelless readiness to take advantage"
[syn: cutthroat, fierce, bowelless]

4. violently agitated and turbulent;
- Example: "boisterous winds and waves"
- Example: "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound
- Example: "rough weather"
- Example: "rough seas"
[syn: boisterous, fierce, rough]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fierce \Fierce\, a. [Compar. Fiercer; superl. Fiercest.]
   [OE. fers, fiers, OF. fier, nom. fiers, fierce, savage,
   cruel, F. fier proud, from L. ferus wild, savage, cruel;
   perh. akin to E. bear the animal. Cf. Feral, Ferocity.]
   1. Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce
      wind.
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            His fierce thunder drove us to the deep. --Milton.
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   2. Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or
      injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious. "A
      fierce whisper." --Dickens. "A fierce tyrant." --Pope.
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            The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear. --Milton.
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            Thou huntest me as a fierce lion.     --Job. x. 16.
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   3. Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.

   Syn: Ferocious; savage; cruel; vehement; impetuous;
        barbarous; fell. See Ferocious. -- Fierce"ly, adv.
        -- Fierce"ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fierce
    adj 1: marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious
           beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" [syn:
           ferocious, fierce, furious, savage]
    2: marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions;
       inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a
       tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions" [syn:
       fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy]
    3: ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless
       readiness to take advantage" [syn: cutthroat, fierce,
       bowelless]
    4: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and
       waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra
       Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: boisterous,
       fierce, rough]