fierce

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.

   A fierce storm battered the coast.

2. 2
   adj

   Resolute or strenuously active.

   We made a fierce attempt to escape.

3. 3
   adj

   Threatening in appearance or demeanor.

   The lion gave a fierce roar.

4. 4
   adj

   Excellent, very good.

   Q: "How was the party last night?" A: "Fierce!"

5. 5
   adj

   Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah.

   Tyra said to strike a pose and make it fierce.

6. 6
   adv

   Extremely; very.

   It was fierce cold last night.

7. 7
   adj

   violently agitated and turbulent

8. 8
   adj

   ruthless in competition

Etymology

From Middle English fers, fiers, borrowed from Old French fers (“wild", "ferocious”), nominative of fer, from Latin ferus (“wild", "untamed”).