fierce

adj 1: marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating";

"fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" [syn: {ferocious},

{furious}, {savage}]

2: marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions;

fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement

dislike"; "violent passions" [syn: {tearing}, {vehement},

{violent}]

3: ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless

readiness to take advantage" [syn: {cutthroat}, {bowelless}]

4: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and

waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra

Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: {boisterous}, {rough}]