OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 17862

fierce

/fɪəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
enconado • feroz • fiero
Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
A fierce storm battered the coast.
Their fights with other members of their own kind were always preceded by loud and fierce waulings or savage snarling and snapping of teeth […]
feroz
Resolute or strenuously active.
I feel a fierce loyalty to my kin.
We made a fierce attempt to escape.
feroz • fiero
Threatening in appearance or demeanor.
The lion gave a fierce roar.