Fierce /(?)/

Fierce

a.
  1. Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind.
    His fierce thunder drove us to the deep.
  2. Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious.
    The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear.
    Thou huntest me as a fierce lion.
    — Job. x. 16.
  3. Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.