fierce
/fɪɹs/ adjective B2- Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage. · A fierce storm battered the coast.
- Resolute or strenuously active. · We made a fierce attempt to escape.· I feel a fierce loyalty to my kin.
- Threatening in appearance or demeanor. · The lion gave a fierce roar.
- Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah. · Tyra said to strike a pose and make it fierce.
Comparative fiercer · Superlative fiercest
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“Man does not appear to me to be intended to enjoy felicity so unmixed; happiness is like the enchanted palaces we read of in our childhood, where fierce, fiery dragons defend the entrance and approach; and monsters of all shapes and kinds, requiring to be overcome ere victory is ours.
“We are all threatened,” answered the tiger, “by a fierce enemy which has lately come into this forest.
Not one of us is safe while this fierce creature is alive, and we had called a meeting to decide how to take care of ourselves when you came among us.”
The Lion, although he was certainly afraid, turned to face the Kalidahs, and then he gave so loud and terrible a roar that Dorothy screamed and the Scarecrow fell over backward, while even the fierce beasts stopped short and looked at him in surprise.
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