fierce

fierce is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind.
2. superlative. Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious.
3. superlative. Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.
4. adjective. violently agitated and turbulent- Ezra Pound

   "boisterous winds and waves"

   "the fierce thunders roar me their music"

   Synonyms: boisterous, rough

5. adjective. ruthless in competition

   "cutthroat competition"

   "bowelless readiness to take advantage"

   Synonyms: bowelless, cutthroat

6. adjective. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

   "fierce loyalty"

   "in a tearing rage"

   Synonyms: tearing, vehement, violent

7. adjective. marked by extreme and violent energy

   "a ferocious beating"

   "fierce fighting"

   Synonyms: ferocious, furious, savage

Synonyms

boisterous, rough, bowelless, cutthroat, tearing, vehement, violent, ferocious, furious, savage

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fierce:

recife

Common word forms

fiercer, fiercely, fiercest, fierceness

Words from these letters

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