fierceadjective
uk/fɪəs/us/fɪrs/B2 physically violent and frightening:
a fierce attack/battle
Two men were shot during fierce fighting last weekend.
B2 strong and powerful:
Fierce winds prevented the race from taking place.
Firefighters had to retreat from the fierce heat.
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.
US informal difficult:
The chemistry exam was fierce!
informal approving looking confident and acting in a way that shows that you feel good about yourself and your appearance:
The girl group look fierce around a swimming pool in the video for their new single.
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- There was fierce combat between the two sides.
- His detractors claim that his fierce temper makes him unsuitable for party leadership.
- Despite fierce competition she made a gallant effort to win the first medal of the championships.
- She has published a fierce anti-war polemic.
- There's fierce rivalry for the job.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggro
- all hell breaks loose idiom
- atrocious
- atrocity
- confrontation
- desperate
- forced
- forcible
- frenzied
- gay-basher
- gory
- hostile
- sabre-rattling
- savage
- savagely
- savagery
- steep
- steeped in blood idiom
- strong-arm
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Physically strong and powerful
Energetic and lively
Strong feelings
Complicated and difficult to do
fierceness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈfɪəs.nəs/us/ˈfɪrs.nəs/
Idiom(s)
something fierce