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.
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Fierceness
Synonyms for "fierceness" (68 found)
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14 translations across 11 languages.
French
1 entries- acharnement noun (state of being fierce)
Hungarian
2 entries- vadság noun (state of being fierce)
- ádázság noun (state of being fierce)
Irish
2 entries- boirbe noun (state of being fierce)
- fiántas noun (state of being fierce)
Italian
1 entries- fierità noun (state of being fierce)
Latin
1 entries- immānitās noun (state of being fierce)
Maltese
1 entries- qell noun (state of being fierce)
Middle English
1 entries- fersnesse noun (state of being fierce)
Māori
1 entries- taratutū noun (state of being fierce)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- وحشت noun (state of being fierce)
- وحشیلك noun (state of being fierce)
Spanish
1 entries- ferocidad noun (state of being fierce)
Swahili
1 entries- ukali noun (state of being fierce)
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He was a thick-set, burly man with a shock of grizzled hair, a brown, weather-beaten face, and blue eyes which were keen to the verge of fierceness.
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He raised his hat from his forehead, and gazing upon Lucy with eyes in which an expression of sorrow overcame their late fierceness, spread his dishevelled locks back from his face, and said, "Do you know me, Miss Ashton? I am still Edgar Ravenswood."
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Former President George H.W. Bush said despite the fierceness of the 1984 campaign, he and Ferraro later enjoyed a friendship marked by respect and affection.
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