HOW TO PRONOUNCE
fierce
/fɪɹs/
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What does fierce mean?
adjective
- Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
- Resolute or strenuously active.
- Threatening in appearance or demeanor.
More meanings (3)
adjective
- (slang) Excellent, very good.
- Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah.
adverb
- (slang) Extremely; very.
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IPA pronunciation
/fɪɹs/
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See this word in context.
Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly into her arms, confronting the old Puritan magistrate with almost a fierce expression.
In a moment I was in the very center of as fierce and bloody a battle as I had ever passed through.
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After the lapse of a few seconds, the room and the opposite wall were lighted up with a fierce, red, tremulous glow.
His arms moved in fierce, uncertain gestures, his face flushed, his enormous jaws shut together with a sharp click at every pause.
Suddenly Mohammed Damoor rushed furious into the crowd, and the fierce shout of the prophet soon ensured the fulfilment of his prophecy.