Reverse Dictionary: FIERCE

ADJECTIVES
► ANGERLY fierce, raging → 19C Eng. dial.
► ARG eager, fierce → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► ATROCIOUS stern, terrible, fierce; extremely violent → 1733 obs.
► ATTERN cruel, fierce, ill-natured → c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BARDIE ► BARDY bold, fierce, turbulent → 1788 Sc.
► BOISTOUS full of rude strength and fierce vigour; rough, fierce, savage; powerful, violent in action → c1325 obs.
► BOUSTEOUS boisterous; fierce → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BREME cruel, fierce, raging, furious, stern, wroth → c1175  obs.
► BROTHELY fierce, violent, angry, enraged → 1330 obs.
► CATAWAMPOUS ► CATAWAMPTIOUS fierce, unsparing, destructive → 1856 sl., chiefly US
► CRIMINAL of beasts: savage, fierce, malignant → 1477 obs.
► EAGER strenuous, ardent, impetuous; fierce, angry, furious → 1297 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► EFFERATE fierce, harsh, morose → 1684 obs.
► EFFERE excessively wild or fierce → 1586 obs.
► EFFEROUS extremely wild, fierce, or savage; cruel, ferocious, violent → 1614 obs.
► FELL savage, fierce, cruel; terrible, stern → 1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FERINE of humans, their actions and attributes: barbarous, savage, fierce → 1640
► FEROCIENT ferocious, fierce, savage → 1654 obs.
► FIERCELINGS fierce, violent → 1768 Sc. obs.
► FULMINATORY fierce, violent; vituperative → 1585
► GRILL of persons: fierce, harsh, cruel → 1200 obs.
► GRIMFUL fierce, terrible → 1240 obs.
► GRINDEL fierce; angry → 1300 obs.
► HAGER fierce, cruel, evil → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HATEL full of hatred; malignant, hostile; severe, cruel; fierce, bitter → a850 obs.
► HETER ► HETTER rough; fierce, violent, cruel; severe; keen, eager → a1400 obs.
► KEEN fierce, savage (chiefly used of animals); cruel; harsh (to a person) → a1000 obs.
► KWAAI bad-tempered, angry; aggressive, fierce → 1827 S. Afr.
► MAN-KEEN inclined to attack people; fierce, savage → 1300 chiefly said of an animal, rarely a person
► MANKIND infuriated, furious, fierce, mad → 1519 obs.
► PARAIC fierce, strong → 1980s Irish rhyming sl. for Padraig Pearse = fierce
► RABIOUS fierce, raging, rabid, mad → 1613 obs.
► RAMPANT of a fierce disposition → 1387
► RANTANKEROUS bad-tempered, unruly; fierce → 1832 Amer. colloq.
► REDE fierce, impetuous, wild; excited; drunk → 1843 Sc.
► RIGORIOUS fierce, stern, severe → 1509 obs.
► SALVAGEROUS fierce, violent, vigorous → 1857 Amer. dial.
► SAVAGEROUS ► SAVIGEROUS ► SAVIGROUS ► SERGIVEROUS ► SERVAGEROUS ► SERVIGOUS ► SERVIGROUS ► SEVAGEROUS ► SEVIGROUS ► SURVIGEROUS ► SURVIGOROUS ► SURVIGROUS ► SUVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed → 1832 Amer. dial.
► SEVERE wild, untamed, fierce, vicious, savage → 1829 Amer. dial.
► SHARP fierce, savage → 1899 Amer. dial.
► TARN’D ill-natured, fierce, crabbed → 1805 Eng. dial.
► TEAR-DOWN of an argument or confrontation: fierce, violent → 1931 US colloq.
► THRO stubborn in fight, sturdy, bold; fierce → 1320 obs.
► TIGERANTIC of the nature of a tiger; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless → a1704 obs.
► TIGERISH ► TIGRISH cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless → 1573
► TIGERLY tigerish; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless → 1633
► TIGEROCIOUS having the qualities of the tiger; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless →  1874
► TIGEROUS ► TIGROUS cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless → 1532 obs.
► TIGERY cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless → 1859
► TRUCULENT characterized by or exhibiting ferocity or cruelty; fierce, cruel, savage, barbarous → c1540
► VAGOUS fierce, aggressive → 1952 Amer. dial.
► VENOM venomous; virulent, malignant, spiteful, fierce, malicious, savage → a1350 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► VIGILOUS fierce, angry; of a horse: vicious → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VIGROUS vigorous; fierce, dangerous, bad-tempered → 1836 Amer. dial.
► VIGUE-ROUS vigorous; fierce, dangerous, bad-tempered → 1798 Amer. dial.
► WRAW angry, wrathful, vexed, fierce; characterized by anger or ire → c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

ADVERBS
► BREME splendidly, brilliantly, clearly; loudly, fiercely → a1000 obs.
► BY TOOTH AND TOENAIL fiercely, intensely → 1923 Amer. dial.
► CATAWAMPOUSLY ► CATAWAMPTIOUSLY utterly, vigorously, completely; fiercely, eagerly, violently  → 1834 Amer. sl.
► DERFLY boldly, fiercely, vigorously → 1809 Sc.
► EAGERLY angrily, fiercely, bitterly, malignantly → 1377 obs.
► FIERCELINGS fiercely, with violence, in haste → 1768 Sc. obs.
► HATELY fiercely, bitterly; scornfully, hatefully → c1000 obs.
► KEENLY fiercely, boldly → c1000 obs.
► RADLY quickly, hotly, fiercely → c888 obs. exc. Sc. obs.
► RANTANKEROUS fiercely, furiously → 1859 Amer. dial.
► RASELY furiously, angrily, fiercely → c1440 obs.
► SAVAGEROUS fiercely, violently, vigorously → 1832 Amer. dial.
► STOURLY fiercely, violently; stoutly, vigorously → 1480 Sc.
► THROLY angrily, furiously, fiercely, violently → 1300 obs.

NOUNS
► ATROCITY fierceness, sternness, implacability → 1641 arch.
► CATAWAMPUS a fierce creature, vermin, or the like → 1874
► DIRITY direness, dreadfulness; cruelty, fierceness → a1600  obs.
► EAGERNESS impetuosity, fierceness → c1400 obs.
► FELLNESS fierceness, harshness, savagery; cruelty; malignity; also, sternness, severity → c1410 obs.
► FERITY the quality of being wild or savage; brutishness; wildness; fierceness; ferocity; barbarous or savage cruelty; of plants: wildness, uncultivated condition → c1534
► KEENSHIP boldness, fierceness → c1205 obs.
► RAMAGENESS of an animal: fierceness → 1607 obs.
► RAMPANCY the condition of being rampant; violent action; fierceness → 1664

NOUNS – PERSON
► BLOOD AND GUTS MAN a fierce fighter, with a bulldozing personality → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CACAFOGO ► CACAFUEGO ► CACOFUGO ► CACOFUEGO a spitfire; a furious, fierce fellow; a braggart, a blusterer, a noisy bully; a very difficult or devilish person; one with a fiery temper → 1625 sl.
► KILLBUCK a fierce-looking fellow; a term of contempt → 1622 obs.
► PANTHER a fierce or savage man → 1868
► PANTHERESS a fierce or cruel but beautiful woman → 1868
► SAVAGE a savage, cruel, or fierce person; an unfeeling or brutal person; also, one who is destitute of culture, or who is ignorant or neglectful of the rules of good behaviour; a coarse, uncouth person → 1606
► TEAR-CAT one who causes a disturbance or trouble; a bully, swaggerer, a blustering person; a thug; a fierce or destructive person→ 1611
► TEARDOWN a fierce or destructive person → 1834 Amer. dial.
► TIGER a person of fierce, cruel, rapacious, or bloodthirsty disposition; also, a person of very great activity, strength, or courage → 1500-20
► TIGRESS a fierce, cruel, or tiger-like woman → 1700 
► VAMPIRE a person of a malignant and loathsome character, esp. one who preys ruthlessly upon others; a vile and cruel exactor or extortioner; a savage or fierce person → 1741 

VERBS
► EAT BULL BEEF to become strong; to become fierce → L16 sl.
► EFFERATE to render fierce or harsh→ 1658 obs.
► EFFIERCE to render fierce, to madden → 1596 obs.
► ENFELON to make furious, to infuriate, to make fierce or cruel → 1475 obs.
► GRIM to be angry, to look fierce → 1400 obs.
► SPEAK DAGGERS to speak fiercely, savagely, or angrily → 1602
► TIGER to look fierce → 1892 Sc.