Definition of fierce

"fierce" in the adjective sense

1. ferocious, fierce, furious, savage

marked by extreme and violent energy

"a ferocious beating"

"fierce fighting"

"a furious battle"

2. fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy

marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violently fervid

"fierce loyalty"

"in a tearing rage"

"vehement dislike"

"violent passions"

3. cutthroat, fierce, bowelless

ruthless in competition

"cutthroat competition"

"bowelless readiness to take advantage"

4. boisterous, fierce, rough

violently agitated and turbulent

"boisterous winds and waves"

"the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound

"rough weather"

"rough seas"

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Quotations for fierce

True love's the gift which God has given
To man alone beneath the heaven;
It is not fantasy's hot fire,
Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly;
It liveth not in fierce desire,
With dead desire it doth not die;
It is the secret sympathy.
The silver link, the silken tie.
Which heart to heart, and mind to mind,
In body and in soul can bind. [ Walter Scott ]

The lion is not: so fierce as they paint him. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish. [ Proverb ]

The lion's not half so fierce as he is painted. [ Proverb ]

No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. [ William Shakespeare, Richard III ]

The sobbing wind is fierce and strong: Its cry is like a human wail. [ Susan Coolidge ]

To excite a fierce dog to capture a lame rabbit is to attack a contemptible enemy. [ Chinese Proverb ]

What rein can hold licentious wickedness, when down the hill he holds his fierce career? [ William Shakespeare ]

The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast. [ Tacitus ]

In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the church, counted its martyrs by thousands. [ James A. Garfield ]

Tendency to sentimental whining or fierce intolerance may be ranked among the surest symptoms of little souls and inferior intellects. [ Jeffrey ]

Remorseless time! fierce spirit of the glass and scythe. What power can stay him in his silent course, or melt his iron heart with pity! [ George D. Prentice ]

Eloquence is an engine invented to manage and wield at will the fierce democracy, and, like medicine to the sick, is only employed in the paroxysms of a disordered state. [ Montaigne ]

fierce in Scrabble®

The word fierce is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters fierce:

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fierce in Words With Friends™

The word fierce is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters fierce:

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Words within the letters of fierce

2 letter words in fierce (3 words)

3 letter words in fierce (6 words)

4 letter words in fierce (7 words)

5 letter words in fierce (1 word)

6 letter words in fierce (1 word)

fierce + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence fierce

Words with fierce in them (1 word)

Words that end with fierce (1 word)

Word Growth involving fierce

Shorter words in fierce

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Longer words containing fierce

fiercehearted fierceheartedly

fiercehearted fierceheartedness

fiercely

fierceness

fiercer

fiercest