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What is the adjective for fierce?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb fiercen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

fierce
  1. Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious or savage.
  2. Resolute or strenuously active.
  3. Threatening in appearance or demeanor.
  4. (slang, Ireland, rural) Excellent, very good.
  5. (slang, US) Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. ferocious, vicious, savage, wild, violent, barbaric, cruel, dangerous, aggressive, brutal, furious, menacing, murderous, feral, fiery, grim, untamed, fell, intimidating, rough, threatening, unruly, barbarous, bloodthirsty, brute, fearsome, forbidding, gruff, malevolent, malignant, merciless, rabid, ruthless, severe, steely, stern, terrible, ungentle, unmerciful, unrestrained, austere, baleful, brutish, callous, convulsive, delirious, dour, fiendish, flinty, frightening … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “These fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks.”
      “A fierce storm raged across the seas on that fateful night.”
      “Caught in Edward's fierce obsession, she became the perfect scapegoat for those who wished to dethrone the king.”
fiercesome
  1. (nonstandard, dialect) fierce
fiercening
  1. becoming fiercer
fiercest
  1. superlative form of fierce: most fierce.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. viciousest, wildest, violentest, cruelest, grimmest, fellest, roughest, unruliest, bloodthirstiest, gruffest, rabidest, severest, steeliest, sternest, terriblest, austerest, dourest, flintiest, harshest, fearfullest, hardest, ruggedest, starkest, angriest, horriblest, maddest, most ferocious, most savage, most barbaric, most dangerous, most aggressive, most brutal, most furious, most menacing, most murderous, most feral, most fiery, most untamed, most intimidating, most threatening, most barbarous, most brute, most fearsome, most forbidding, most malevolent, most malignant, most merciless, most ruthless, most ungentle, most unmerciful … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Cheering spectators packed into the aisles as eight five-a-side teams at a time played the fiercest and fastest football they could.”
      “At its fiercest moments of theatricalization, the maternal is not a mere foil for psychologizing or romanticizing childhood.”
      “After a self-imposed exile from tennis, one of the game's greats is back and ready to mix it with his fiercest rival.”
fiercer
  1. comparative form of fierce: more fierce
  2. Synonyms:
      3. higher, stronger, gustier, harsher, more forceful, more intense, more turbulent, more violent, stormier, mightier, ore extreme, squallier, more blustery, more ferocious, more heavy, more potent, more tempestuous, starker, stiffer, acuter, more almighty, more blistering, more boisterous, more crushing, more explosive, more forcible, more powerful, more titanic, more overpowering, more overwhelming, sharper, violenter, more furious, wilder, more tumultuous, more volatile, intenser, more cyclonic, rougher, more savage, viciouser, more frenzied, rabider, more fiery, more aggressive, more brutal, more agitated, more animated, more frenetic, hotter … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “In Chinese culture, these qualities were attributed to a fiercer animal, the wolf.”
      “I know for a fact I could stand to be kinder, more generous, fiercer in cleaving to the good, true and beautiful.”
      “The wind grew fiercer, sending leaves and twigs whirling around in the air.”
fiercened
  1. simple past tense of fiercen
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