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Fierceness synonyms

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depth
The extent, measurement, or dimension downward, backward, or inward:
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  1. The extent, measurement, or dimension downward, backward, or inward:
  2. The degree of richness or intensity:
  3. The range of one's understanding or competence:
ferocity
The state or quality of being ferocious
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  1. The state or quality of being ferocious
fury
Violent or frenzied action:
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  1. Violent or frenzied action:
  2. A violent disturbance or intense period of activity:
  3. Violence; vehemence; fierceness
intensity
Degree or extent; relative strength, magnitude, vigor, etc.
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  1. Degree or extent; relative strength, magnitude, vigor, etc.
  2. (Geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.
  3. (Physics) time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance
pitch
A level or degree, as of intensity:
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  1. A level or degree, as of intensity:
  2. The rising and falling of the bow and stern of a ship in a rough sea
  3. (Archit.) The slope of the sides of a roof, expressed by the ratio of its height to its span
severity
Extreme plainness or restraint, as in style
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  1. Extreme plainness or restraint, as in style
  2. The quality or condition of being severe
  3. The act or an instance of severe behavior, especially punishment.
violence
Physical force used so as to injure, damage, or destroy; extreme roughness of action
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  1. Physical force used so as to injure, damage, or destroy; extreme roughness of action
  2. Behavior or treatment in which physical force is exerted for the purpose of causing damage or injury:
  3. Extreme or powerful emotion or expression:
Find another word for fierceness. In this page you can discover 12 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for fierceness, like: depth, ferociousness, ferocity, fury, intensity, pitch, severity, vehemence, vehemency, violence and big.

Sentence Examples

  • His fierceness took her breath away, and the dark circles beneath his eyes drew her sympathy.

  • In a country divided by sectional jealousies it was impossible to expect a committee of thirty-four members to impose unity of action even in a common cause; and the Spanish rising, the first fierceness of which had carried all before it, lacked the organizing force which alone would have given it permanent success.

  • The great blot on his memory is his cruelty, which at times was frightful, and showed itself in its full fierceness in the punishment of persons accused of witchcraft, soothsaying or magical practices.

  • " The Irish," says Bacon, " did not fail in courage or fierceness, but, being almost naked men, only armed with darts and skeins, it was rather an execution than a fight upon them."

  • Celtic knots: The Celts were an ancient people who were known for their fierceness and their beautiful artwork.

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