Fierceness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being fierce. uncountable, usually

    "I stroked it gently, on which the mutinous rogue seemed to swell, and gather a new degree of fierceness and insolence; so that finding it grew not to be trifled with any longer, I prepar'd for rubbers in good earnest."

  2. 2
    the property of being wild or turbulent wordnet

Synonyms

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acerbityacidityacridityacrimonyaggressionamuck

Example

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"The Tyrians, yielding to the god, abate / their fierceness. Dido, more than all the rest, / warms to her Phrygian friends, and wears a kindly breast."

Etymology

From Middle English fersnesse; equivalent to fierce + -ness.

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