fierceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA: /fɪəs/
• (General American) IPA: /fɪɹs/
• (Scotland) IPA: /fiɹs/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /fiəs/
• (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA: /fɛːs/
• (obsolete) IPA: /fɜː(ɹ)s/
• 韻: -ɪə(ɹ)s

形容詞

fierce (comparative fiercer or more fierce, superlative fiercest or most fierce)

1. Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.

   A fierce storm battered the coast.

   • 2006, Kenneth Conibear, Northland Footprints:

     Their fights with other members of their own kind were always preceded by loud and fierce waulings or savage snarling and snapping of teeth […]

   • 2012, Michael Bryant, 28 Seconds: A True Story of Addiction, Tragedy, and Hope, Viking:

     One constituent spent an hour educating me on the history of pit bulls: the Molossians, the Mastiffs; the Greeks, Romans, Brits, Tibetans, and Germans; the crossbreeds. A common theme ran throughout their history: they were the fiercest of fighters, and eventually bred to fight—in wars during antiquity, in dog fights for centuries. Regardless, they were again and again attacking other dogs and people.

2. Resolute or strenuously active.

   We made a fierce attempt to escape.

   I feel a fierce loyalty to my kin.

   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     Yet his passion for her had grown fiercer than ever, and he swore to himself that he would win her back from her phantasies. She, one may believe, was ready enough to listen.

   • 2020 December 29, Frida Ghitis, “Trump has set Republicans up to fail in Georgia”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 3 October 2022:

     Trump’s fiercest advocates have launched their Samson option: If he can’t keep power, they’ll bring down the party with him by calling for a boycott of the election.

3. Threatening in appearance or demeanor.

   The lion gave a fierce roar.

4. (slang, Ireland, rustic) Excellent, very good.

   Q: "How was the party last night?" A: "Fierce!"

5. (US, LGBTQ slang, fashion) Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah.

   Tyra said to strike a pose and make it fierce.

同意語

• (exceedingly violent): incessive
• (threatening in appearance or demeanor): incessive

派生語

関連する語

副詞

fierce (not comparable)

1. (slang, Ireland, rustic) Extremely; very.

   It was fierce cold last night.

参照

• “fierce”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fierce”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Recife