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fierceadjective violently unfriendly or aggressive in dispositionthe Vikings had a well-earned reputation for being fierce warriors fell, ferocious, grim, savage, vicious argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, belligerent, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, scrappy, warlikebare-knuckle(also bare-knuckled or bare-knuckles), blood-and-guts, in-your-face, take-no-prisonerscontentious, quarrelsome, truculentmenacing, threateningbestial, brute, inhuman, inhumanebarbaric, uncivilized, wildheartless, implacable, merciless, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, unrelenting, wantonbloodthirsty, bloody, homicidal, murdering, murderous, sanguinary, sanguinerapacious, ravenous, voracious gentle, mild, unaggressive amicable, companionable, comradely, congenial, cordial, friendly, genial, hearty, warm, warmheartedcompliant, submissive, tamebenign, compassionate, kind, mercifulpacific, peaceable, peacefulamiable, complaisant, obliginghuman, humanecivilized, cultured extreme in degree, power, or effecta fierce wind made the frigid temperatures seem even worse acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, excruciating, explosive, exquisite, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, frightful, furious, ghastly, hard, heavy, heavy-duty, hellacious, intense, intensive, keen, profound, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent accentuated, aggravated, concentrated, deepenedemphasized, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnifiedstressedexhaustive, thoroughharsh, rigorous, severe light, moderate, soft feeble, weakshallow, superficialmoderated, qualifiedalleviated, eased, lightened, toned (down)abated, decreased, diminished, lessened, reduced, subdued harsh and threatening in manner or appearancethe fierce faces of the players on the opposing hockey team austere, dour, flinty, forbidding, grim, gruff, intimidating, lowering(also louring), rough, rugged, severe, stark, steely, stern, ungentle bleak, cold, hostile, inhospitable, inimical, unfriendly, unsympatheticadamant, bound, determined, firm, intent, purposeful, resolute, resolved, steadfast, unflinchingfixed, hard, hardened, hardheaded, immovable, implacable, inflexible, ironhanded, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, self-willed, set, stiff, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful(or wilful)immutable, unchangeableblack, cheerless, dark, gloomy, glum, joyless, melancholic, moody, morose, sulky, sullen, surlybrooding, grave, humorless, melancholy, serious, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber(or sombre), staid, unsmiling, weighty benign, benignant, gentle, mild, nonintimidating, tender bland, meek, mellow, soft, soothingeasy, quiet, tranquilagreeable, bright, cheerful, inviting, pleasant, pleasing, sweetglad, happy, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, sunnyfeatherbrained, flighty, frivolous, giddy, goofy, harebrained, light-headed, playful, scatterbrained, silly having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goala social reformer of fierce and fearless determination aggressive, ambitious, assertive, enterprising, go-getting, high-pressure, in-your-face, militant, pushy, self-asserting, self-assertive argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, discordant, disputatious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, trigger-happy, truculent, warlikehyperaggressive, overambitiousdynamic, energetic, gung ho, hustling, strenuous, vigorousemphatic, obtrusiveadventuresome, adventurous, daring, dashing, emboldened, gutsy, venturesome, venturousaudacious, bold, brash, brassy, bumptious, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, confident, determined, forward, impudent, insolent, overconfident, presumptuous, unapologetic, unsubdued, unyieldingbare-knuckle(also bare-knuckled or bare-knuckles), feisty, scrappydominating, domineering, imperious, lordly, magisterial, overbearing ambitionless, low-pressure, nonassertive, unaggressive, unambitious, unassertive, unenterprising easygoing, laid-back, relaxedacquiescent, amenable, compliant, deferential, docile, resigned, submissive, tractable, yieldingcowering, cringing, groveling(or grovelling), shrinkingbashful, demure, diffident, humble, lowly, meek, mild, modest, mousy(or mousey), overmodest, passive, quiet, reserved, retiring, shy, subdued, timid, unobtrusiveobsequious, servile, slavish, subservient marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activityfierce fighting raged in the streets of the war-torn city bang-bang, blood-and-guts, convulsive, cyclonic, explosive, ferocious, furious, hammer-and-tongs, hot, knock-down, drag-out(or knock-down-and-drag-out), paroxysmal, rabid, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, violent, volcanic barbarous, brutal, savage, viciousantagonistic, hostileaggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculentcombustible, volatileagitated, frantic, frenzied, madcataclysmal(or cataclysmic), destructive, ruinous nonviolent, peaceable, peaceful calm, halcyon, pacific, serene, tranquilnonbelligerent, unaggressive marked by great and often stressful excitement or activityfierce early-morning trading sent stocks soaring delirious, ferocious, feverish, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, mad, rabid, violent, wild concentrated, high-pressured, intense, intensive, vehementexcessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, lavish, overmuch, overweening, unconscionable, unduecrazed, crazy, demented, deranged, insane, irrational, lunatic, maniacal(also maniac) relaxed calm, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene, subdued, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed, untroubledmoderate, reasonable, temperatecasual, easygoing, low-pressurebalanced, sane, sound fierce, ferocious, barbarous, savage, cruel mean showing fury or malignity in looks or actions.fierce applies to humans and animals that inspire terror because of their wild and menacing aspect or fury in attack.fierce warriors ferocious implies extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality.a ferocious dog barbarous implies a ferocity or mercilessness regarded as unworthy of civilized people.barbarous treatment of prisoners savage implies the absence of inhibitions restraining civilized people filled with rage, lust, or other violent passion.a savage criminal cruel implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it.the cruel jokes of schoolboys in the 14th century |