fierce

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Old French fers (“wild", "ferocious”), nominative of fer, from Latin ferus (“wild", "untamed”)

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɪəs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /fɪɹs/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)s

Adjective

fierce (comparative fiercer, superlative fiercest)

Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious or savage.
A fierce storm battered the coast.
Resolute or strenuously active.
We made a fierce attempt to escape.
Threatening in appearance or demeanor.
The lion gave a fierce roar.
(slang, Ireland, rural) Excellent, very good.
Q: "How was the party last night?" A: "Fierce!"
(slang, US) Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah.
Tyra said to strike a pose and make it fierce.

Synonyms

(exceedingly violent): incessive
(threatening in appearance or demeanor): incessive

Derived terms

something fierce

Related terms

Translations

extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage

Armenian: վայրագ (hy) (vayrag), կատաղի (hy) (katałi)
Bulgarian: жесток (bg) (žestok), свиреп (bg) (svirep)
Catalan: ferotge
Chinese:
Mandarin: 殘忍 (zh), 残忍 (zh) (cánrěn), 兇猛 (zh), 凶猛 (zh) (xiōngměng)
Czech: krutý (cs) m, nelítostný m, zlý (cs) m
Danish: voldeligt
Dutch: woest (nl)
Esperanto: feroca (eo)
Finnish: raivokas (fi), raju (fi), hurja (fi)
French: féroce (fr) m or f
Galician: fero (gl), feroz (gl)
German: wild (de)
Hungarian: vad (hu), ádáz (hu), dühödt (hu)
Ido: feroca (io)
Irish: borb
Italian: feroce (it)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دڕ‌‎ (dirr)

Northern Kurdish: dirr (ku)

Southern Kurdish: دڕ‎ (dirr)

Latin: ferōx
Maori: tainanakia, tarakaka (of wind), taratutū, tātāhau, totoa
Norman: féthu (Jersey)
Norwegian: voldsom (no)
Persian: درنده‎ (fa) (darande), ژیان‎ (fa) (žayân)
Polish: zawzięty (pl) m
Portuguese: feroz (pt)
Romanian: feroce (ro), fioros (ro)
Russian: свире́пый (ru) (svirépyj), лю́тый (ru) (ljútyj), неи́стовый (ru) (neístovyj)
Scots: fairce
Scottish Gaelic: fiadhaich
Spanish: fiero (es), feroz (es), enconado (es) m
Swedish: våldsam (sv)
Tagalog: mabangis
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: vahşi (tr), sert (tr), azılı (tr), azgın (tr)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
West Frisian: fûl

resolute or strenuously active

Bulgarian: буен (bg) (buen), яростен (bg) (jarosten)
Catalan: feroç
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: urputný m, naprostý
Danish: aktivt
Finnish: hurja (fi)
Hungarian: elszánt (hu), elkeseredett (hu)

Italian: risoluto (it)
Portuguese: impetuoso (pt), ferrenho (pt)
Russian: я́ростный (ru) (járostnyj)
Scots: fairce
Spanish: feroz (es)
Swedish: tapper (sv), viljestark (sv), resolut (sv), aktiv (sv)
Turkish: hararetli (tr)
West Frisian: fûl

threatening in appearance or demeanor

Bulgarian: заплашителен (bg) (zaplašitelen)
Catalan: ferotge
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: ohrožující, divoký (cs) m
Danish: truende
Finnish: hurja (fi)
Galician: fero (gl)
German: bedrohlich (de)

Hungarian: veszedelmes (hu), fenyegető (hu), iszonyú (hu)
Maori: wawana, tōtoto (referring to the eyes)
Portuguese: feroz (pt)
Russian: свире́пый (ru) (svirépyj), гро́зный (ru) (gróznyj)
Scots: fairce
Spanish: feroz (es) m, fiero (es) m
Swedish: hotfull, skrämmande (sv)
Turkish: vahşi (tr), sert (tr)

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Translations to be checked

Irish: ^{(please verify)} aindreanta, ^{(please verify)} anghlonnach
Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} borb, ^{(please verify)} garg, ^{(please verify)} allaidh, ^{(please verify)} allta

Welsh: ^{(please verify)} chwyrn (cy)

Adverb

fierce (not comparable)

(slang, Ireland, rural) Extremely; very.
It was fierce cold last night.

References

fierce at OneLook Dictionary Search
fierce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

Recife

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