Fierce

/fɪəs/

Synonyms for "fierce" (292 found)

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Closest matches (59)

Adjective(9 words)

ferocious savage vehement violent aggressive ardent boisterous bowelless cutthroat

abandoned acid acidulous acrid acrimonious acute aggressive agonizing amok angry animal antagonistic anthropophagous astringent atrocious awful barbaric barbarous battling beastly

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bellicose belligerent bellowing berserk bestial biting bitter bloodthirsty bloodybloody mindedbloody-mindedblue in the facebrutal brutalized brute brutish cannibalisticcarried awaycaustic chauvinist chauvinistic combative concentrated contentious cruel cruel-hearted cutting dangerous

Noun(2 words)

battle boiling

Strong matches (87)

delirious demoniac demoniacal desperate devilish diabolic diabolical dire distracteddouble edgeddouble-edged draconian drastic dreadful ecstatic edged enemy enraged enraptured escharotic

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excessive exorbitant exquisite extravagant extreme fell feral ferine ferocious fiendish fiendlike fiery fightingfighting madfit to be tiedfoaming at the mouthfrantic frenziedfrothing at the mouthfull of fightfulminating fuming furious glowing great grim gruff haggard harsh hawkish hellishhog wildhog-wild homicidalhopping madhostile hotheaded howling hysterical immoderate impassioned impetuousin a ragein a transportin hystericsincisive infernal infuriate infuriated inhuman inhumane inimical inordinate intemperate intense

Adjective(10 words)

dragonish extreme fervent fiercest furious grizzlier hottest intenseintense heatintense rivalry

Noun(1 words)

grizzly bear

Verb(1 words)

heated

Related words (146)

Adjective(16 words)

intensest leonine rough severestiff competitionstormiest stormy tearing tempestuous trigger-happyviolent actviolent insurrectionviolent pushesviolent shovewild animalswilde

intoxicated intractable jingo jingoish jingoist jingoistic keenkill crazykill-crazy mad maddened madding malign malignant maniac maniacal martial menacing merciless militant

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militaristic military mordacious mordant murderous noncivilized offensive orgasmic orgiastic outrageous passionate penetrating piercing pitiless poignant possessed pugnacious quarrelsome rabid racking raging ramping ranting rapacious ravingraving madravished relentless rigorous roaringroaring madroughrunning madruthless saber-rattling sadistic sanguinary sanguineous satanic savage scathing scrappy severe sharkish sharp simmering slavering soldierlike soldierly sore splitting stabbing stinging storming stormy strident stringent subhuman superlative supreme tameless tart tartarean tempestuous terrible threatening tigerish tornadic tough transcendent transported trenchanttrigger happytrigger-happy truculent tumultuous turbulent unchristian uncivilized unconscionable uncontrollable unfriendly ungentle unhuman unpacific unpeaceable unpeaceful untamed vehement venomous vicious violent virulent vitriolic volcanic warlike warmongering warring wildwild eyedwild-eyed wild-looking wolfish

Noun(7 words)

more intensemost forcefulmost violentswedish vildviolent revolution studywhipping wildcat

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

intensity quality weather

More specific

9 entries

ardent belligerent extreme gusty predatory stormy vehement warlike windy

Collocations

5 entries

fierce competitionfierce criticismfierce debatefierce loyaltyfierce wind

Inflections

2 entries

fiercer fiercest

Derivations

2 entries

fiercely fierceness

similar

5 entries

intense merciless stormy unmerciful violent

Sample sentences

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The competition has become fierce.

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We are in a fierce competition with that company.

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A fierce dog attacked the girl.

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A fierce battle was fought here.

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