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Word entry · 6 letters

fierce

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"Violent and aggressive"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /fɪəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceefirStarts with FEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. violently agitated and turbulent

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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 […]
  • We made a fierce attempt to escape.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Violent and aggressive6 letters
02Intense6 letters

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