fierce, ferocious, barbarous, savage, cruel mean showing fury or malignity in looks or actions. fierce applies to humans and animals that inspire terror because of their wild and menacing aspect or fury …

FIERCE definition: 1. physically violent and frightening: 2. strong and powerful: 3. showing strong feeling or…. Learn more.

FIERCE definition: menacingly wild, savage, or hostile. See examples of fierce used in a sentence.

Definition of fierce adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. having a violent and unrestrained nature; savage: a fierce dog. 2. wild or turbulent in force, action, or intensity: a fierce storm. 3. vehement, intense, or strong: fierce competition. 1. menacingly wild, …

A fierce animal or person is very aggressive or angry. They look like the teeth of some fierce animal.

Fierce, ferocious, truculent suggest vehemence and violence of temper, manner, or action: fierce in repelling a foe. Ferocious implies fierceness or cruelty, esp. of a bloodthirsty kind, in disposition or …