noun
Meaning 1
The state of being fierce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fierceness
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noun
Meaning 2
the property of being wild or turbulent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the storm's violence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ferocity, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intensity, intensiveness
Narrower terms: savageness, savagery
History
Etymology
From Middle English fersnesse; equivalent to fierce + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: acharnement — state of being fierce
- Hungarian: ádázság — state of being fierce
- Hungarian: vadság — state of being fierce
- Irish: boirbe — state of being fierce
- Irish: fiántas — state of being fierce
- Italian: fierità — state of being fierce
- Latin: immānitās — state of being fierce
- Maltese: qell — state of being fierce
- Māori: taratutū — state of being fierce
- Middle English: fersnesse — state of being fierce
- Spanish: fiereza — state of being fierce
- Spanish: feridad — state of being fierce
- Swahili: ukali — state of being fierce
- Ottoman Turkish: وحشیلك (vahşilik) — state of being fierce
- Ottoman Turkish: وحشت (vahşet) — state of being fierce