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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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