The competition has become fierce.
Source: tatoeba (19270)
Fierce
//fɪəs//
Synonyms for "fierce" (264 found)
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Strong matches (79)
cruel-heartedcuttingdangerousdeliriousdemoniacdemoniacaldesperatedevilishdiabolicdiabolicaldiredistracteddouble edgeddouble-edgeddraconiandrasticdreadfulecstaticedgedenemy
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enragedenrapturedescharoticexcessiveexorbitantexquisiteextravagantextremefellferalferinefiendishfiendlikefieryfightingfighting madfit to be tiedfoaming at the mouthfranticfrenziedfrothing at the mouthfull of fightfulminatingfumingfuriousglowinggreatgrimgruffhaggardharshhawkishhellishhog wildhog-wildhomicidalhopping madhostilehotheadedhowlinghystericalimmoderateimpassionedimpetuousin a ragein a transportin hystericsincessiveincisiveinfernalinfuriateinfuriatedinhumaninhumaneinimicalinordinate
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intemperateintenseintoxicatedintractablejingojingoishjingoistjingoistickeenkill crazykill-crazymadmaddenedmaddingmalignmalignantmaniacmaniacalmartialmenacing
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mercilessmilitantmilitaristicmilitarymordaciousmordantmurderousnoncivilizedoffensiveorgasmicorgiasticoutrageouspassionatepenetratingpiercingpitilesspoignantpossessedpugnaciousquarrelsomerabidrackingragingrampingrantingrapaciousravingraving madravishedrelentlessrigorousroaringroaring madroughrunning madruthlesssaber-rattlingsadisticsanguinarysanguineoussatanicsavagescathingscrappyseveresharkishsharpsimmeringslaveringsoldierlikesoldierlysoresplittingstabbingstingingstormingstormystridentstringentsubhumansuperlativesupremetamelesstarttartareantempestuousterriblethreateningtigerishtornadictoughtranscendenttransportedtrenchanttrigger happytrigger-happytruculenttumultuousturbulentunchristianuncivilizedunconscionableuncontrollableunfriendlyungentleunhumanunpacificunpeaceableunpeacefuluntamedvehementvenomousviciousviolentvirulentvitriolicvolcanicwarlikewarmongeringwarringwildwild eyedwild-eyedwild-lookingwolfish
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Synonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
4 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
136 translations across 54 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γοργός adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Armenian
2 entries- կատաղի adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- վայրագ adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dəhşətli adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- şiddətli adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Belarusian
1 entries- лю́ты adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Bulgarian
4 entries- буен adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- жесток adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- заплашителен adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
- свиреп adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Catalan
3 entries- ferotge adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- ferotge adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
- feroç adj (resolute or strenuously active)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- دڕ adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 兇猛 /凶猛 adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- 殘忍 /残忍 adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Czech
4 entries- divoký adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
- krutý adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- naprostý adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- nelítostný adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Danish
4 entries- frygtindgydende adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
- ihærdig adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- tapper adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- vild adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Dutch
1 entries- woest adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Esperanto
1 entries- feroca adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Finnish
4 entries- hurja adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- hurja adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- hurja adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
- raivokas adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
French
1 entries- féroce adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Galician
3 entries- fero adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- fero adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
- feroz adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
German
3 entries- bedrohlich adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
- heftig adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- wild adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Greek
2 entries- άγριος adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- τρομερός adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Hungarian
4 entries- dühödt adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- elkeseredett adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- elszánt adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- fenyegető adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
Icelandic
1 entries- svæsinn adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Ido
1 entries- feroca adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Ingrian
1 entries- raju adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Irish
2 entries- borb adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- fiánta adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Italian
2 entries- feroce adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- risoluto adj (resolute or strenuously active)
Japanese
1 entries- 激しい adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Kazakh
2 entries- қаныпезер adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- қатыгез adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Korean
1 entries- 맹렬하다 adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Latin
2 entries- ferōx adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- trux adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Macedonian
1 entries- жесток adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Malay
2 entries- buas adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- ganas adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Middle English
1 entries- fers adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Māori
4 entries- rōtari adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
- tainanakia adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- tarakaka adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- taratutū adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Norman
1 entries- féthu adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- dirr adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Norwegian
1 entries- voldsom adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Occitan
3 entries- ferotge adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- feròç adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- fèr adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- ꙗръ adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آزولو adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- وحشی adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Persian
2 entries- درنده adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- ژیان adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- grausom adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Polish
1 entries- zawzięty adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Portuguese
4 entries- feroz adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- feroz adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
- ferrenho adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- impetuoso adj (resolute or strenuously active)
Romanian
2 entries- feroce adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- fioros adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Russian
4 entries- гро́зный adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
- лю́тый adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- неи́стовый adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- свире́пый adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Sanskrit
2 entries- उग्र adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- चण्ड adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Scots
3 entries- fairce adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- fairce adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- fairce adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fiadhaich adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- دڕ adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Spanish
4 entries- enconado adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- feroz adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- feroz adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- feroz adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
Swedish
4 entries- aktiv adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- hotfull adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
- resolut adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- skrämmande adj (threatening in appearance or demeanor)
Tagalog
1 entries- mabangis adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Turkish
4 entries- azgın adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- azılı adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- hararetli adj (resolute or strenuously active)
- sert adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Ukrainian
1 entries- лю́тий adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
Welsh
1 entries- ffyrnig adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
West-Frisian
2 entries- fûl adj (extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage)
- fûl adj (resolute or strenuously active)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
We are in a fierce competition with that company.
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A fierce dog attacked the girl.
Source: tatoeba (38303)
A fierce battle was fought here.
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