| query | A f_____ animal or person is very aggressive or angry .A fierce animal or person is very aggressive or angry . They look like the teeth of some fierce animal. 'I don't know,' she said fiercely. |
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| word | fierce |
| full-definition | adjective A fierce animal or person is very aggressive or angry . They look like the teeth of some fierce animal. 'I don't know,' she said fiercely. Fierce feelings or actions are very intense or enthusiastic, or involve great activity. Standards are high and competition is fierce. The town was captured after a fierce battle with rebels at the weekend. He inspires fierce loyalty in his friends. He has always been ambitious and fiercely competitive. Fierce conditions are very intense, great, or strong. The climbers were trapped by a fierce storm which went on for days. As I arrived a lorry had just been set on fire and was burning fiercely. |
| inflections | fiercerfiercestfiercelyfiercelyfiercely |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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