Fierce

Definition: Fierce

Fierce

Adjective

1. Marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle".

2. Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions".

3. Ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage".

4. Violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas".

Date "fierce" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Fierce \Fierce\, adjective. [Comparative Fiercer; superlative Fiercest.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Slang	Adjective. Source: Originated from English word fierce. Definition: Describes a person who is particularly fashionable and attractive. Context: Commonly utilized to describe/compliment men who are dressed in drag with the intent of going clubbing. Can be used to either describe the overall apperance of the person or a particular item of clothing, jewlry, etc. Social Source: Male, homosexuals,ages 17-20. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Fierce

Synonyms: boisterous (adj), bowelless (adj), cutthroat (adj), ferocious (adj), furious (adj), rough (adj), savage (adj), tearing (adj), trigger-happy (adj), vehement (adj), violent (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Courage	Fierce, savage; pugnacious; (bellicose).
Excitability	Vehement, demonstrative, violent, wild, furious, fierce, fiery, hot-headed, madcap.
Resentment	Fierce, wild, rageful, furious, mad with rage, fiery, infuriate, rabid, savage; relentless.
Violence	Savage, fierce, ferocious, fierce as a tiger.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	A little child she was, but also a fierce killer, now capable of the ruthless pursuit of blood with all a child's demanding (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) I don't know why Cletus drug your tired old bones here, he musta owed you somethin' fierce. Fact is, mister, you screw up this team, and I'll personally hide-strap you to a pine rail and ship you down the Monon Line (Hoosiers; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo) Fierce woman (The Jackal; writing credit: Chuck Pfarrer) I was told there're not quite that fierce of all the demons we faced (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) It could be that he still lives his fierce life somewhere else, but from that day on, mother rabbits would tell their kittens that if they did not do as they were told, the General would get them (Watership Down; writing credit: Richard Adams; Martin Rosen)
Lyrics	Fierce nipple pierce you got me sprung with your tongue ring (Butterfly; performing artist: Crazy Town)
Movie/TV Titles	Fierce Grace Ram Dass (2001) Barbarians: Fierce and Friendly (1999) Fierce Creatures (1997) The Fierce One (1981)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Aldo Leopold: A Fierce Green Fire (reference) Fierce Attachments : A Memoir (reference) Fierce People (reference) The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Fierce Creatures (reference) Fierce Boxer & Bruce (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Fierce Freestyle Classics, Vol. 3: The Mix Tape (reference) One Fierce Beer Coaster [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The fierce struggle of Alexander's cavalry, led by himself, at the ford of the Granicus] / A. Castaigne. Credit: Library of Congress.		It seemed as if a dozen men were engaged in a fierce battle. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Leopard; leopards; growl; growling; growls; hissing; hiss; wildcat; fierce.		Fierce; warning; leopard; big cat.
	Roar; jaguar; fierce; wildcat; ferocious.		Gorilla; primate; anger; angry; huff; exhale; fierce; ferocious.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Edmund Spenser	Fierce wars and faithful loves shall moralize my song.
George Herbert	The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.
James A(bram) Garfield	In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the Press, like the church, counted its martyrs by the thousands.
Margaret Mead	I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
Victor Hugo	The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
William Shakespeare	No beast so fierce but know some touch of pity.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	1963	We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1954)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno	Carroll, Lewis	Foxes are very fierce.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	A strange, fierce group appeared on the threshold
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He burned to appease the fierce longings of his heart before which everything else was idle and alien
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Her eyes grew fierce.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		It is tight budgets which makes competition quite fierce. (references)
		It is their tight budget which makes competition quite fierce. (references)
		These lower prices are due to fierce competition in this sector. (references)
Economic History	Switzerland	In Switzerland there is free and fierce competition in the consulting business. (references)
	Japan	Finally, straightforward business competition in Japan can be ruthlessly fierce. (references)
	Italy	However, competition is fierce as there are already many players in the pet food market. (references)
Human Rights	Colombia	A similarly fierce struggle for control continued in Norte de Santander, Cauca, and Valle del Cauca departments. (references)
Political Economy	HAITI	Fierce adult competition for jobs ensures that child labor is not a factor in the industrial sector. (references)
	INDONESIA	In July 2001, the People's Consultative Assembly, the nation's highest legislative body removed President K.H. Abdurrachman Wahid and elected Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri to the Presidency after almost a year of fierce political infighting. (references)
Trade	Japan	Japan is a large and sophisticated market, and the competition can be fierce. (references)
Worker Rights	Haiti	There is also a legal provision for employment of children between the ages of 12 and 16 as "apprentices." Fierce adult competition for jobs ensures that child labor is not a factor in the industrial sector; however, children under the age of 15 commonly worked at informal sector jobs to supplement family income. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. By most writers the invention of gunpowder is ascribed to the Chinese, but not upon very convincing evidence. Milton says it was invented by the devil to dispel angels with, and this opinion seems to derive some support from the scarcity of angels. Moreover, it has the hearty concurrence of the Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. Secretary Wilson became interested in gunpowder through an event that occurred on the Government experimental farm in the District of Columbia. One day, several years ago, a rogue imperfectly reverent of the Secretary's profound attainments and personal character presented him with a sack of gunpowder, representing it as the sed of the Flashawful flabbergastor, a Patagonian cereal of great commercial value, admirably adapted to this climate. The good Secretary was instructed to spill it along in a furrow and afterward inhume it with soil. This he at once proceeded to do, and had made a continuous line of it all the way across a ten-acre field, when he was made to look backward by a shout from the generous donor, who at once dropped a lighted match into the furrow at the starting-point. Contact with the earth had somewhat dampened the powder, but the startled functionary saw himself pursued by a tall moving pillar of fire and smoke and fierce evolution. He stood for a moment paralyzed and speechless, then he recollected an engagement and, dropping all, absented himself thence with such surprising celerity that to the eyes of spectators along the route selected he appeared like a long, dim streak prolonging itself with inconceivable rapidity through seven villages, and audibly refusing to be comforted. "Great Scott! what is that?" cried a surveyor's chainman, shading his eyes and gazing at the fading line of agriculturist which bisected his visible horizon. "That," said the surveyor, carelessly glancing at the phenomenon and again centering his attention upon his instrument, "is the Meridian of Washington." H
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George W. Bush	2001-2005	In the sacrifice of soldiers, the fierce brotherhood of firefighters, and the bravery and generosity of ordinary citizens, we have glimpsed what a new culture of responsibility could look like.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Fierce" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fierce" is used about 1,586 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	1,586	5,219

Expression using "fierce": fierce as a tiger. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "fierce": fierce-eyed, fierce-looking, fierce-sounding.
	Ending with "fierce": medium-fierce.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "fierce"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i mërzitshëm (annoying, boring, bothersome, corny, dead alive, depressing, dissatisfactory, dreary, dry, dull, fatiguing, pesky, plaguesome, pragmatical, slow, tedious, tiresome, weariful, wearisome, weary), i fortë (able bodied, adamant, adamantine, brawny, cast iron, cogent, decuman, Doughty, durable, endurable, enduring, fast, firm, flinty, forceful, Hale, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, high pitched, intense, intensive, keen, lancinating, nervous, oaky, potent, powerful, red blooded, refractory, resistant, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, screamy, serviceable, sharp, smart, solid, sound, spanking, stable, staunch, steely, stentorian, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, tenable, tenacious, tough, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, virulent, well-built, well-set), i egër (atrocious, barbarous, bestial, cannibalic, cannibalish, cruel, despiteful, ferae naturae, feral, ferine, ferocious, furious, merciless, outrageous, rabid, savage, snappish, tigerish, tigrish, vicious, wild). (various references)

Arabic		‏وحشي (atrocious, barbarian, barbarous, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, brutal, brute, brutish, cannibalistic, cruel, diabolic, diabolical, draconian, feral, fiendish, ill, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, remorseless, ruffian, savage, truculent, unfeeling, vicious, wanton, wild), ‏عنيف (bitter, dragon's, drastic, fell, gory, heady, impetuous, knockabout, outrageous, passionate, rabid, rigorous, robust, rough, rude, ruthless, scurrilous, set, severe, sharp, shrewd, smart, stiff, stout, strenuous, stringent, strong, torricellian, tough, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, violent, volcanic), ‏عاتي, ‏ضار (detrimental, felled, ferocious, hurtful, impish, injurious, malign, malignant, noisome, noxious, pernicious, pest, poisonous, predatory, prejudicial, rabid, rapacious, ravenous, savage, set, sharp, truculent, unhealthy, unwholesome, vicious), ‏رهيب (bloodcurdling, bloody, chilly, dire, dreadful, fearful, grisly, gruesome, hairy, holy, horrible, horrific, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, nightmarish, redoubtable, smashing, super, terrible, wretched), ‏شعواء (vehement), ‏بغيض جدا (rotten), ‏بشكل عنيف جدا. (various references)

Bulgarian		страстен (amorous, eager, enthusiastic, fervent, gutsy, impassioned, keen, libidinous, lustful, passional, passionate, sulphurous, sultry, vehement, violent), усилен (heavy, severe, toilful, toilsome), свиреп (ferocious, grim, lupine, outrageous, rabid, savage, truculent), жесток (bestial, bloody, butcherly, cruel, dark, diabolic, diabolical, draconian, draconic, fell, ferocious, fiendish, ghoulish, grinding, harsh, ill, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, iron, mean, merciless, monstrous, outrageous, sanguinary, shrewd, slashing, truculent, unfeeling, unkind, unmerciful, unrelenting), бурен (angry, blusterous, blustery, boiling, darnel, dirty, heavy, roaring, rogue, rough, rugged, stormy, tearaway, tempestuous, thunderous, turbulent, vehement, violent, weed, wild). (various references)

Chinese		猛烈 (violent), 猛 (abrupt, blind, ferocious, imperceptive, suddenly, violent), � (very), � (hunt, name of a tribe), 劇烈 (acute, severe, violent), 暴烈 (violent), 激烈 (acute, intense), 激 (sharp, to arouse, to excite, to incite, to stimulate, violent), 剧烈 (Dramatic, Dramatical), 兇猛 , 兇 , 凶惡 (ferocious, fiendish), 凶 (ominous, terrible). (various references)

Czech		zuřivý (blazing, ferocious, frantic, furious, furred, rabid, savage, vehement, violent), vzteklý (furious, mad, rabid), urputný (furious, unrelenting), prudký (abrupt, acrimonious, big, bulge, effervescent, ferocious, fiery, glaring, grievous, gusty, heady, heated, heavy, high, hot tempered, hot-headed, impetuous, intense, keen, passional, passionate, peppery, rapid, rash, robust, rude, sharp, steep, stormy, strong, sweeping, tempestuous, towering, tumultuous, vehement, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent), ostrý (abrupt, acrid, acute, biting, crisp, ferocious, glib, hard, harsh, high pitched, hot, incisive, intense, keen, piercing, poignant, pointed, rigorous, sharp, shrill, smart, snappy, spicy, strident, tart, tough, trenchant), nesnesitelný (excruciating, insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, overpowering, unbearable, unendurable), lítý (bitter, ferocious, unrelenting), krutý (atrocious, bitter, brutal, cruel, dispiteous, extreme, gory, grim, hard, harsh, heartless, heathenish, rigid, ruthless, savage, severe, torsion, unkind, unrelenting, vicious, wolfish), dravý (ferocious, predacious, predatory, rapacious, rapid), divoký (boisterous, feral, ferine, ferocious, gone wild, obstreperous, truculent, uncivilized, unruly, untamed, wild, wildcat), bouřlivý (blustery, boisterous, choppy, effervescent, franetic, gusty, loud, rapid, roaring, squally, stormy, tempestuous, thunderous, tumultuous, uproarious, wild). (various references)

Dutch		woest (dreary, ferocious, furious, gaunt, savage, uncultivated, wild). (various references)

Esperanto		feroca. (various references)

Farsi		ژیان (Rapacious), حریص (Avaricious, Avid, Greedy, Hungry, Perfervid, Voracious, Vulture), تندخو (Acrid), سبع (Atrocious, Brute, Ferocious, Murderous, Savage, Truculent, Voracious, Wroth), خشم الود, شرزه , درنده (Predatory). (various references)

Finnish		julma (cruel, ferocious), hurjapäinen (ferocious, reckless), äksy (cross, ill-tempered, unmanageable, vicious), äkäinen (angry, cross, ill-tempered). (various references)

French		féroce. (various references)

German		grimmig (ferocious, furious, grim, grimly, harsh, morbid, severe, wrathful), wild (berserk, boisterous, boisterously, bold, crook, deer, feral, ferocious, ferociously, frantic, furious, furiously, game, haggard, helter-skelter, illegal, rabid, rambunctious, rampant, riotous, riotously, rough, rugged, savage, savagely, truculently, undomesticated, ungovernable, unofficial, unruly, venison, wholesale, wild, wildcat, wildly), heftig (acute, ardent, bitter, boisterous, boisterously, bold, burning, cordial, driving, ferocious, furious, hotly, impetuous, impetuously, intemperate, intense, irascible, keen, lashing, passionate, profuse, profusely, quick, raging, severe, severely, sharp, splitting, stormy, strongly, tempestuous, tempestuously, testily, uproarious, vehement, vehemently, vigorous, violent, violently, volcanic, warm, wild). (various references)

Greek		μανιώδησ (frantic, furious, inveterate, rabid), μανιασμένος, άγριοσ (black, feral, ferocious, harsh, lupin, lupine, sassy, savage, truculent, violent, wild), άγριος (ferocious, harsh, savage, truculent, wild). (various references)

Hebrew		פראי (bestial, brutal, brute, feral, ferocious, savage, truculent, wild), עז (cordial, fervent, goat, intense, mighty, powerful, strong, tearing), חרי אף (anger, wrath). (various references)

Hungarian		vad (barbarian, barbarous, feral, ferine, ferocious, frenzied, game, gothic, phrenetic, rabid, ramage, rambunctious, rampageous, rampant, robustic, rough and tumble, ruffianly, rumbustious, savage, tameless, truculent, wild), tüzes (ardent, fiery, heated, igneous, impetuous, mettled, mettlesome, temperament, to feel one's oats), szenvedélyes (fervid, fiery, full-blood, heady, hectic, hot, impassioned, impetuous, passional, passionary, passionate, red-hot, temperament, tropical), erõszakos (high handed, overbearing, Randy, strong arm, violent), ádáz (desperate, furious, grim). (various references)

Indonesian		garang (cruel, ferocious, rampageous, savage, very strong, vivid, wild), galak (frantic, gruff, impudent, plucky, sharp and mean, snappish, surly, vicious). (various references)

Irish		fíochmhar. (various references)

Italian		fiero (bold, cruel, haughty, proud, severe), feroce (ferocious, grim, murderous, savage, vicious, wild), ardente (ablaze, afire, aflame, aglow, ardent, burning, eager, earnest, fervent, fiery, hot, live, passionate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		猛然 (ferocious, vehement), 烈烈 (fervent, violent), 梟猛 , 兇猛 , 凶猛 , 凄まじい (absurd, amazing, awful, dreadful, terrible, terrific, tremendous), 凄じい (absurd, amazing, awful, dreadful, terrible, terrific, tremendous). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すさまじい (absurd, amazing, awful, dreadful, terrible, terrific, tremendous), きょうもう, れつれつ (extremely cold, fervent, violent). (various references)

Korean		맹� �한 (Rabid, Vicious). (various references)

Manx		elgyssagh (spiteful, vindictive). (various references)

Norwegian		voldsom (impetuous, intense), sint (angry, cross), barsk (bluff, gruff, harsh). (various references)

Pig Latin		iercefay.(various references)

Portuguese		feroz (fell, ferocious, rampant, sanguinary, savage, tigerish, tigrish, truculent, wild, wilding, wolfish), cruel (atrocious, barbaric, bitter, bloody, boarish, candle-wick, cruel, dark, fell, felon, grim, hard-hearted, heartless, inhuman, iron, merciless, pitiless, ruffian, ruthless, scathing, severe, shrewish, squint-eyed, tigerish, tigrish, truculent, uncharitable, unfeeling, unkind, unmerciful, wicked, wolfish). (various references)

Romanian		fioros (atrocious, dreadful, fell, ferocious, horrible, macabre, truculent), feroce (awful, barbarous, bloodthirsty, brutal, cruel, dreadful, fearful, ferocious, ferociously, inhuman, ruthless, savage, savagely, truculent, unmerciful), tare (adamant, adamantine, badly, crusty, deeply, double, durable, fast, firm, firmly, greatly, hard, hollow, intense, intensely, lasting, leathery, loud, loudly, mighty, potent, powerful, rigid, robust, rocky, solid, spanking, stalwart, steady, stiff, stout, strong, strongly, sturdy, to the echo, tough, unflinching, unflinchingly, vehement, vigorous, violent), sãlbatic (barbarous, bloodthirsty, brutal, brutish, cruel, feral, ferine, ferocious, fiery, haggard, harsh, impetuous, inhuman, inhumanly, rugged, sanguinary, savage, shaggy, tameless, truculent, uncivilized, uncouth, uncouthly, uncultivated, uncultured, ungovernable, unruly, unsociable, violent, wild, wild man), puternic (acute, ardent, authoritative, biting, catchy, drastic, exquisite, flush, forceful, forcible, forcibly, great, hard, heavily, heavy, high, important, intense, intensely, intensive, leonine, loud, lusty, marrowy, mighty, muscular, nervous, nervy, pithy, potent, powerful, pronounced, resistant, robust, rough, rude, searching, severe, sinewy, solid, stark, stout, strapping, strong, tough, towering, vigorous, violent, virulent), insuportabil (aggravating, beyond endurance, exquisite, impossible, insufferable, insupportable, keen, obnoxious, obnoxiously, oppressive, outrageous, past endurance, trying, unbearable, unbearably, unendurable), hapsân (cruel, grabbing, greedy, wicked), extraordinar (amazing, arch, astonishing, egregious, enormous, exceedingly, extra, extraordinary, extremely, marvellous, noble, out, phenomenal, phenomenally, prodigious, proud, rare, rattling, remarkable, special, striking, terrible, tremendous, uncommon, undreamed of, unimaginable, up to the nines, well, well I never, wonderful), cumplit (atrocious, cruel, dreadful, eerie, fell, ferocious, grievous, horrendous, mad, monstrous, outrageous, severe, terrible, utter, uttermost), aprig (cruel, ferocious, fiery, grim, hard-hearted, harshly, high-spirited, impetuous, passionate, passionately, severe, sharp, truculent, violent), activ (acting, active, actively, afoot, aggressive, agile, alive, assets, bouncing, brisk, busy, dapper, diligent, dynamic, efficient, energetic, go ahead, industrious, living, operative, pragmatic, quick, regular, spry), înverşunat (deadly, desperate, fiery, frenzied, furious, hot, rabid, sharp, stubborn). (various references)

Russian		свирепый (ferocious, furious, savage, truculent, wicked). (various references)

Scottish		garg (acrid, bitter, pungent, tart, wrathful), borb (passionate, savage), allaidh (savage), éitigh. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		svirep (atrocious, brutal, brute, cruel, farouche, ferocious, truculent). (various references)

Spanish		feroz (atrocious, fell, ferocious, murderous, savage, tigerish, tigrish, wild). (various references)

Swedish		vild (coltish, delirious, ding-dong, ferae naturae, feral, ferine, ferocious, frenetic, haggard, headlong, madcap, phrenetic, rampant, riotous, savage, truculant, truculent, untamed, wild, wildcat), grym (atrocious, cruel, fell, felon, ferocious, savage, vicious). (various references)

Thai		�"ุร้าย (fell, ferocious, rampant). (various references)

Turkish		sert (acrid, adamant, astringent, austere, bad, bitter, boisterous, bossy, brisk, brutal, cast iron, crusty, cutting, drastic, exact, exacting, firm, flinty, forbidding, get-tough, granitic, grim, gruff, gusty, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, hard line, hard set, hardening, hard-hitting, harsh, heady, heavy, heavy-handed, hot, ill natured, inclement, incompressible, inelastic, intemperate, iron, ironclad, keen, nappy, pointed, pungent, rigid, rigorous, rough, round, sclerous, severe, sharp, sharp-set, short, short-spoken, shrewd, smart, solid, sound, spanking, spartan, spiky, stand up, starched, starchy, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, strong, surly, tart, tough, unbending, ungentle, unkind, unrelenting, unshaded, unyielding, vehement, violent), kötü (bad, badly, black, chintzy, devilish, dread, dreadfull, evil, feeble, grotty, harmful, haunted, hedge, hellish, horrible, horrid, ill, indifferent, iniquitous, lousy, malign, mis-, miscreant, miserable, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, off, offensive, poor, poorly, portentous, purple, rough, seamy, shady, sinister, sticky, stinking, ugly, unhallowed, unrighteous, vicious, wicked, worse, wrongful), kızgın (angry, angry with, annoyed, ardent, baking, black, boiling, cross, dyspeptic, fervent, fiery, flaming, frowning, furious, glowing, hot, hot-blooded, huffy, in a glow, in a pet, in a tiff, incensed, indignant, indignantly, inflamed, irate, ireful, mad, pissed off, red-hot, snappish, sore, vexed, wild, wroth), berbat (abominable, abysmal, accursed, accurst, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, badly, beastly, bum, chronic, crappy, dashed, destroyed, deuced, devilish, disgusting, dread, dreadfull, egregious, execrable, flagitious, frightful, ghastly, grotty, hell, hell of, helluva, horrible, horrid, indifferent, infamous, infernal, ropy, rotten, screwed, shocking, sickening, spoilt, sticky, stinking, terrible, ungodly, unsavory, unsavoury, vicious, vile, villainous, violent, wretched), azgın (desperate, excessive, furious, goatish, mad, rampageous, rampant, Randy, skittish, wild), azılı (ingrained, unruly), ateşli (aglow, ardent, armed, burning, eager, enthusiastic, febrile, fervent, fevered, feverish, fiery, flamboyant, flaming, gut, hectic, het up, hot, impassioned, in a glow, mettled, mettlesome, passionate, perfervid, racy, red-hot, skittish, sulphurous, sultry, torrid, vehement, zealous). (various references)

Ukrainian		шалений (amok, amuck, boisterous, dithyrambic, ecstatic, frantic, frenzied, lunatic, mad, outrageous, pelting, stormy, unruly, vehement, wild), невтримний (effuse, irrepressible), лютий (angry, diabolic, diabolical, fell, ferocious, out and out, rampant, savage, truculent, wicked). (various references)

Vietnamese		xấu hổ vô cùng, mãnh liệt (ardent, ardently, blaze, burning, energetic, high, mightily, sin, vehement, violently), hung tợn dữ dội, hung dữ (boisterous, rough, tearing, towering), hết sức ghê tởm, dữ tợn (cruel, cruelly, dangerous, ferocious, grim, towering), ác liệt (outrageous, slashing, sore). (various references)

Welsh		ffyrnig (ferocious, savage), terrwyn (brave, mighty), milain (angry, cruel, savage), dywal (brave, cruel), cethin (dark, ugly), barbaraidd (savage), agerw (bitter), aflawen (awful, cheerless, dismal, sad). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	acer, asper, bellicosum, crudo, crudum, dira, dirae, dirus, efferus, fera, ferae, feram, feras, fere, feri, feris, feros, ferus, indomitus, pheros, saeva, saevi, saevis, saevissimis, saevum, saevus, truculentus. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	xrafstrâish. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	biter, gram, grim, heard. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	estout, fel. (various references)
French	1500-Modern	brusque. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 23, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Oi de episcuon legonteV oti anaseiei ton laon didaskwn kaq olhV thV ioudaiaV arxamenoV apo thV galilaiaV ewV wde
Latin	405	Vulgate	At illi invalescebant dicentes commovet populum docens per universam Iudaeam et incipiens a Galilaea usque huc
Old English	990	West Saxon	þa hlyddon hig and cwædon. he astyrað þis folc lærende þurh ealle iudeam agynnende of galilea oð hider;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And thei woxen stronger, and seiden, He moueth the puple, techynge thorou al Judee, bigynnynge fro Galile til hidir.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And they were the moore fearce sayinge. He moveth the people teachynge thorowout all Iewry and beganne at Galile even to this place.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Luke Chapter 23, Verse 5
Cebuano	Apan misamot sila sa pagpangatarungan nga nanag-ingon, "Siya nagatugaw sa mga tawo, sa iyang pag-panudlo kanila sa tibuok nga Judea gikan sa Galilea hangtud pa dinhing dapita."
Croatian	No oni navaljivahu: "Buni narod nauèavajuæi po svoj Judeji, poèevši od Galileje pa dovde!"
Danish	Men de bleve ivrigere og sagde: "Han oprører Folket, idet han lærer over hele Judæa fra Galilæa af, hvor han begyndte, og lige hertil."
Dutch	En zij hielden te sterker aan, zeggende: Hij beroert het volk, lerende door geheel Judea, begonnen hebbende van Galilea tot hier toe.
Finnish	Mutta he ahdistivat yhä enemmän ja sanoivat: "Hän yllyttää kansaa opettaen kaikkialla Juudeassa, Galileasta alkaen tänne asti".
German	Sie aber hielten an und sprachen: Er hat das Volk erregt damit, daß er gelehrt hat hin und her im ganzen jüdischen Lande und hat in Galiläa angefangen bis hierher.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tetapi mereka lebih mendesak lagi, "Dengan pengajaran-Nya, Ia menghasut orang di seluruh Yudea; mula-mula di Galilea, dan sekarang sudah sampai pula ke sini."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka makin berkeras kehendak mereka itu, katanya, "Ia menghasut kaum itu sambil mengajar orang di seluruh tanah Yudea dari Galilea sampai ke tempat ini."
Italian	Ma essi insistevano: «Costui solleva il popolo, insegnando per tutta la Giudea, dopo aver cominciato dalla Galilea fino a qui».
Maori	A nui atu ta ratou tohe, ka mea, E whakatutehu ana ia i te iwi, e whakaako ana puta noa i Huria, timata mai i Kariri a tae noa mai ki konei.
Norwegian	Men de tok sterkere i og sa: Han opvigler folket, han lærer over hele Jødeland, fra Galilea av, hvor han begynte, og like hit.
Portuguese	Eles, porém, insistiam ainda mais, dizendo: Alvoroça o povo ensinando por toda a Judéia, começando desde a Galiléia até aqui.
Rumanian	Dar ei stqruiau wi mai mult, wi ziceau: ,,Kntqrktq norodul, wi knvayq pe oameni prin toatq Iudea, din Galilea, unde a knceput, pknq aici.``
Shuar	Túrasha niisha Nú kakantar chicharainiak "Antsu nekas Ashí Jutía nunkanmaya aentsun ni unuiniana nujai akajenawai. Kariréa nunkanmaya nankaamas ímiajaisha tayi" Tímiayi.
Spanish	Pero ellos insistían diciendo: --Alborota al pueblo, enseñando por toda Judea, comenzando desde Galilea, hasta aquí.
Swahili	Lakini wao wakasisitiza wakisema: "Anawachochea watu kwa mafundisho yake katika nchi yote ya Yudea; alianza Galilaya, na sasa yuko hapa."
Swedish	Då blevo de ännu ivrigare och sade: "Han uppviglar med sin lära folket i hela Judeen, allt ifrån Galileen och ända hit."
Uma	Tapi' rajojo lau-mi mpo'uli': "Na'ukei' ntodea hante tudui' -na, hobo' hi tana' to Yahudi. Lomo' -na hi Galilea-i, hiaa' wae lau rata-imi hi rehe'i."
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "fierce": fiercely, fierceness, fiercenesses, fiercer, fiercest. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Fierce" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bierce, faece, faecer, faverche, Fcegce, fearce, feirce, feire, feirie, ferice, fieice, Fiere, fieree, fierie, fierre, fierse, Fiesca, Figeac, Fimeche, Fiocre, Fiorucci, firce, Firetex, Fiserve, Forrrce, Friere, Fuerte, fyce. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "fierce" (pronounced fi"rs)
3	-i" r s	Pierce.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-i-r"
	-2 letters: cere, cire, fere, fice, fire, free, reef, reif, rice, rife.
	-3 letters: cee, ere, fee, fer, fie, fir, ice, ire, rec, ree, ref, rei, rif.
	-4 letters: ef, er, if, re.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-f-i-r"
	+1 letter: chiefer, fiercer.
	+2 letters: fiercely, fiercest, fleecier, frenetic, infecter, kerchief, reinfect.
	+3 letters: briefcase, cafeteria, ceasefire, certified, certifier, certifies, decertify, electrify, fireplace, flickered, frecklier, frenetics, fricassee, friedcake, imperfect, infecters, inference, interface, kerchiefs, officered, recertify, rectified, rectifier, rectifies, refecting, refection, refencing, refinance, reinfects, reinforce, specifier.
	+4 letters: afterpiece, briefcases, cafeterias, ceasefires, centrifuge, certifiers, coinferred, dentifrice, difference, federacies, feracities, ferocities, fervencies, fiberscope, fictioneer, fierceness, fireplaced, fireplaces, flackeries, flichtered, forecaddie, franchisee, freckliest, fricasseed, fricassees, friedcakes, greenfinch, imperfects, inferences, interfaced, interfaces, kerchiefed, luciferase, overfacile, perfecting, perfection, perfective, precertify, prefinance, prespecify, recodified, recodifies, rectifiers, refections, refinanced, refinances, reflecting, reflection, reflective, refractile, refractive, reinfected, reinforced, reinforcer, reinforces, repacified, repacifies, specifiers, tenebrific, vociferate.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
diva fierce	40	fierce fingernail	3
felines fierce	34	diety fierce	3
fierce snake	31	deity fierce link	3
fierce	30	fierce panda	3
fierce magazine	8	dranz fierce	3
catalog diva fierce	7	fierce grace	3
fierce creature	7	fierce wireless	3
fierce conversation	6	one fierce beer coaster	3
cologne fierce	6	climate fierce from home hot invalid	2
fierce gaia knight	6	dry wood fierce fire	2
deity fierce	5	biotech fierce	2
fierce legend software	5	deitys fierce mask	2
fierce pierce	4	fierce panda record	2
animal fierce	4	beer fierce one run	2
diety fierce link	4	fierce isakowitz	2
collection diva fierce	4	bellringers fierce panda	2
fierce gatorade	3	fierce nikki	2
dog fierce	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Fierce

Definition: Fierce

Fierce

Adjective

Specialty Definition: Fierce

Synonyms: Fierce

Synonyms within Context: Fierce

Courage

Excitability

Resentment

Violence

Crosswords: Fierce

Modern Usage: Fierce

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Fierce

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: Fierce

Photos:Fierce

Computer Images:Fierce

Photo Album: Fierce

Sounds Captioned with "Fierce".

Familiar Quotations: Fierce

Edmund Spenser

George Herbert

James A(bram) Garfield

Margaret Mead

Victor Hugo

William Shakespeare

Historic Usage: Fierce

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Use in Literature: Fierce

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Fierce

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Fierce

George W. Bush

Usage Frequency: Fierce

Expression: Fierce

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fierce

Modern Translation: Fierce

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Dutch

Esperanto

Farsi

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Korean

Manx

Norwegian

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Scottish

Serbo-Croatian

Photos:
Fierce

Computer Images:
Fierce