fierce

fierce
adjective
1) (violently hostile) wild; erbittert [Widerstand, Kampf]; wuchtig [Schlag]; heftig [Angriff]
2) (raging) wütend; grimmig [Hass, Wut]; scharf [Kritik]; wild [Tier]
3) heftig [Andrang, Streit]; heiß [Wettbewerb]; leidenschaftlich [Stolz, Wille]
4) (unpleasantly strong or intense) unerträglich
5) (violent in action) hart [Bremsen, Ruck]
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[fiəs]
adjective
1) (very angry and likely to attack: a fierce dog; a fierce expression.) wild
2) (intense or strong: fierce rivals.) heftig
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fierce
[fɪəs, AM fɪrs]
adj
1. (hostile) heftig, ungestüm geh
\fierce attack scharfer Angriff
\fierce combat [or fighting] erbitterter Kampf
\fierce competition erbarmungslose [o scharfe] Konkurrenz
\fierce opposition entschlossener Widerstand
\fierce struggle heftiger Streit
2. (untamed) animal wild
3. (intense) stark, intensiv
\fierce debate/discussion hitzige Debatte/Diskussion
\fierce hate wilder [o blinder] Hass
\fierce jealousy heftige [o blinde] Eifersucht
\fierce love leidenschaftliche Liebe
4. (destructive) heftig, stürmisch
\fierce weather stürmisches Wetter
\fierce winds tobende [o kräftige] Winde
5. AM (fam: difficult) schwer, schwierig
6.
▶ something \fierce AM (fam) unbedingt
I need a cold drink something \fierce ich muss unbedingt etwas Kaltes trinken
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[fɪəs]
adj (+er)
animal wild, aggressiv; dog böse; person, look, appearance grimmig; fighting, battle, opposition, resistance, opponent, critic, rivals erbittert, heftig; debate, argument, storm heftig; attack, competition, criticism scharf; determination wild; loyalty unerschütterlich; pride, ambition, independence leidenschaftlich; heat, sun glühend

the troops came under fierce attack — die Truppen wurden scharf angegriffen

he has a fierce temper — er braust schnell or leicht auf

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fierce [fıə(r)s] adj (adv fiercely)
1. wild (Tier etc)
2. böse, grimmig (Gesicht etc), wild (Blick, Hass etc)
3. glühend (Hitze)
4. a) scharf (Rede, Wettbewerb etc)
b) heftig (Angriff, Schmerz etc)
c) grell (Licht etc)
5. umg fies, widerlich
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adjective
1) (violently hostile) wild; erbittert [Widerstand, Kampf]; wuchtig [Schlag]; heftig [Angriff]
2) (raging) wütend; grimmig [Hass, Wut]; scharf [Kritik]; wild [Tier]
3) heftig [Andrang, Streit]; heiß [Wettbewerb]; leidenschaftlich [Stolz, Wille]
4) (unpleasantly strong or intense) unerträglich
5) (violent in action) hart [Bremsen, Ruck]
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adj.
grimmig adj.
heftig adj.
wild adj.

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