Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being fierce or furious; fury; ferocity; vehemence; impetuosity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the quality of being fierce; ferocity; fury; vehemence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
fierce .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
Etymologies
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Examples
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We ought to be smart enough to know that fierceness is often a mask for some deeper insecurity and uncertainty.
Rabbi Irwin Kula: Gridlock Is Good Rabbi Irwin Kula 2010
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We ought to be smart enough to know that fierceness is often a mask for some deeper insecurity and uncertainty.
Rabbi Irwin Kula: Gridlock Is Good Rabbi Irwin Kula 2010
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We ought to be smart enough to know that fierceness is often a mask for some deeper insecurity and uncertainty.
Rabbi Irwin Kula: Gridlock Is Good Rabbi Irwin Kula 2010
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We ought to be smart enough to know that fierceness is often a mask for some deeper insecurity and uncertainty.
Rabbi Irwin Kula: Gridlock Is Good Rabbi Irwin Kula 2010
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We ought to be smart enough to know that fierceness is often a mask for some deeper insecurity and uncertainty.
Rabbi Irwin Kula: Gridlock Is Good Rabbi Irwin Kula 2010
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It is, indeed, the idea of fierceness, and not of bravery, which destroys the female character; for who can read the story of the justly celebrated
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His fierceness was the family joke when Hilda was small she used to say, "Now, get mad, father, and make little Hilda laugh!"
The Fortune Hunter 1906
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The elegant gentleman before us had acquired a certain fierceness.
The Filigree Ball 1903
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His fierceness was the family joke when Hilda was small she used to say, "Now, get mad, father, and make little Hilda laugh!"
The Fortune Hunter David Graham Phillips 1889
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In their natural and unimproved state, the Highland cattle are frequently well formed; their fine eyes, acute face, and lively countenances, give them an air of fierceness, which is heightened by their white, tapering, black-tipped, and sharp horns.
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