Crossword clues for fiercer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fierce \Fierce\, a. [Compar. Fiercer; superl. Fiercest.] [OE. fers, fiers, OF. fier, nom. fiers, fierce, savage, cruel, F. fier proud, from L. ferus wild, savage, cruel; perh. akin to E. bear the animal. Cf. Feral, Ferocity.]
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Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind.
His fierce thunder drove us to the deep.
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Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious. ``A fierce whisper.''
--Dickens. ``A fierce tyrant.''
--Pope.The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear.
--Milton.Thou huntest me as a fierce lion.
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Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.
Syn: Ferocious; savage; cruel; vehement; impetuous; barbarous; fell. See Ferocious. -- Fierce"ly, adv. -- Fierce"ness, n.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: fierce)
Usage examples of "fiercer".
I thought I saw it growing darker and fiercer with every day that passed.
From that moment, though, as we have seen, he knew not the extent of his danger, a fiercer and more tumultuous direction was given to a passion long controlled.
The shock that crushed her heart with the tidings that Glaucus loved, had at first only saddened and benumbed—by degrees jealousy took a wilder and fiercer shape.
But faster and fiercer came the rain, and the lightning assumed its most deadly and blasting form.
With the drops in me the vision is fiercer, I see the limb made crooked, the flesh sour and grow dense.
She wanted to curse Cam, to tell him exactly what was on her mind, but she knew that to do so in front of his warriors would only further shame him, which in turn would garner her naught but a fiercer spanking.
Another fiercer contraction tore through her, and she screamed as her entire body clenched and then convulsed atop him.