fierce

fierce
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. ferocious, truculent; tigerish, savage; intense, violent; aggressive, bellicose; vehement.
See violence, excitability. Ant., gentle, mild.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [ Said especially of people and animals ]
Syn. ferocious, wild, savage, furious, enraged, raging, impetuous, untamed, angry, passionate, primitive, uncivilized, brutish, feral, animal, raving, terrible, frightening, fearsome, menacing, awful, venomous, bold, malevolent, malign, brutal, cruel, merciless, ruthless, bloodthirsty, bloody, murderous, sanguinary, truculent, aggressive, hostile, violent, monstrous, rough, grim, vicious, dangerous, frenzied, mad, insane, desperate, ravening, frantic, wrathful, irate, rabid, virulent, fanatical, bestial, tigerish, barbarous, hard*, tough*, hard-boiled*; see also sense 2 .
Ant. gentle*, tame, peaceful*.
2. [ Said especially of actions and the weather ]
Syn. boisterous, violent, vehement, threatening, severe, stormy, thunderous, howling, inclement, tumultuous, turbulent, uncontrolled, unbridled, unrestrained, raging, storming, blustering, cyclonic, blizzardy, torrential, of hurricane force, frightful, fearful, lowering, destructive, devastating, hellish, rip-roaring*; see also sense 1 .
Ant. mild*, moderate, calm.
3. [Intense]
Syn. ardent, fervent, deep, acute; see intense .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
savage, wild, cruel, violent, ferocious, intense, furious, untamed, horrible, tempestuous, unbridled, vehement.
ANT.: mild, tame, gentle
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, bestial, cruel, fell2, feral, ferocious, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious, wolfish. See KIND. 2. So intense as to cause extreme suffering: cruel, ferocious, savage, vicious. See HELP, KIND. 3. Intensely violent in sustained velocity: furious, heavy, high, strong. See STRONG. 4. Extreme in degree, strength, or effect: desperate, furious, intense, terrible, vehement, violent. See BIG, STRONG. 5. Intensely sustained, especially in activity: concentrated, heavy, heightened, intense, intensive. See STRONG.

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