Antonyms for fiercest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : feers |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɪərs |
Definition of fiercest
Origin :- mid-13c., "proud, noble, bold," from Old French fers, nominative form of fer, fier "strong, overwhelming, violent, fierce, wild; proud, mighty, great, impressive" (Modern French fier "proud, haughty"), from Latin ferus "wild, untamed," from PIE root *ghwer- "wild, wild animal" (cf. Greek ther, Old Church Slavonic zveri, Lithuanian zveris "wild beast").
- Original English sense of "brave, proud" died out 16c., but caused the word at first to be commonly used as an epithet, which accounts for the rare instance of a French word entering English in the nominative case. Meaning "ferocious, wild, savage" is from c.1300. Related: Fiercely; fierceness.
- adj violent, menacing
- At this hour of fiercest sun the whole world slept with him.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- The failure of the attempt was followed by the fiercest paroxysms.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- A sight which roused in him afresh—on the instant—all his fiercest animosities.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Spent with struggle, stumbled the warrior, fiercest of fighting-men, fell adown.
- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
- He always, however, kept his fiercest animosity for the Rougons.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- With horrific pants he emitted smokiest smoke and fiercest fire.
- Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
- This was one of the fiercest battles ever fought on Mexican soil.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- And yet they have taken the lead in the fiercest insurrections of modern Irish democracy.
- Extract from : « Home Rule » by Harold Spender
- Of all bores, the grievancemonger is the fiercest and worst.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 10, 1892 » by Various
- We could rout the fiercest tribe on the frontier, without difficulty.
- Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty
Synonyms for fiercest
- angry
- animal
- ape
- awful
- barbarous
- bloodthirsty
- blustery
- boisterous
- bold
- brutal
- brutish
- cruel
- cutthroat
- dangerous
- enraged
- fell
- feral
- ferocious
- fiery
- flipped
- frightening
- furious
- horrible
- howling
- impetuous
- infuriated
- intense
- malevolent
- malign
- murderous
- passionate
- powerful
- primitive
- raging
- raving
- relentless
- savage
- stormy
- strong
- tempestuous
- terrible
- threatening
- tigerish
- truculent
- tumultous/tumultuous
- uncontrollable
- untamed
- vehement
- venomous
- vicious
- wild
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