Grim-looking; grim in appearance or nature.

Of a fierce, savage, or violent disposition or character; stern, truculent. Obsolete.

Fierce, savage, cruel.

Of personal actions, character, feelings, or utterances: (a) fierce, furious, cruel (obsolete or archaic); (b) (in modern use) stern, unrelenting…

Of persons: Fierce, harsh, cruel.

Hostile, adverse; fierce.

Full of grimness; fierce, terrible.

Recklessly violent, furious, ruthless, cruel.

Fierce, savage, ferocious; furious, violent, destructive, cruel.(In later use passing into other senses: cf. A. 5 A. 9 A. 11 See also wild beast n.…

Of formidably violent and intractable temper, like a wild beast; vehement and merciless in anger or… of persons, their dispositions or attributes.

Of an animal or (rarely) a person: inclined to attack people; fierce, savage.

Fierce, furious. Obsolete.

Of men, wild beasts, etc.: Fierce, savage.

Of a person or animal, their actions, mind, or attributes: fierce, savage; cruel, ruthless; dreadful, terrible. Also in cruel and fell, fierce an…

Bad, in various senses (not always clearly distinguishable). Frequent in Middle English use; later… In reference to character or action: cruel…

Fierce, cruel, violent. Also, bold, sturdy.

Of persons and animals, their actions, feelings, etc.: Cruel, fierce, terrible; wicked, base. Now poetic.

(Usually spelt curst.) Of people or animals: fierce, savage, vicious.

Fierce, violent, rough. English regional in later use.

Fierce, savage (chiefly of beasts); cruel; harsh (to a person). Obsolete.

Of a person: behaving roughly or violently; fierce. Obsolete.

= wolfish, adj. 2 3.

Impassioned; full of anger or fury; fierce; (in later use) spec. rash, impetuous.

Of a thing: stern, fierce. Obsolete.

Infuriated, furious, fierce, mad. Cf. man-keen, adj. 1.

Furious, fierce, mad; = mankind, adj.2 Obsolete. rare.

Of or pertaining to a lion; resembling or having the nature of a lion; brave or fierce as a lion.

Characterized by or exhibiting ferocity or cruelty; fierce, cruel, savage, barbarous.

Resembling a lion or what pertains to a lion.

Like, or like that of, a tiger; esp. of the nature or having the qualities of the tiger; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless.

Like, or like that of, a tiger; tigerish.

Of a woman: resembling an Amazon (Amazon, n. 1a); fierce, courageous; (now esp.) very strong, tall, or athletic.

= tigerish, adj.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a wild beast; brutal, savage.

Full of fierceness; ferocious, savage.

Fierce, violent.

Lion-like.

Tiger-like, tigerish.

= ferocious, adj.

Of animals or persons, their dispositions or actions: Fierce, savage; savagely cruel or destructive.

Fierce, savage; cf. asper, adj. 5. Obsolete.

Wild, savage.

figurative. Violent, truculent; given to blustering.

Characteristic of, befitting, or resembling that of, a wolf.

Of or pertaining to a boar; resembling a boar; sensual; cruel. (As borish was a former spelling of both boarish and boorish, the two were often…

figurative. Tartar-like; rough and violent, savage.

Tartar-like; rough and fierce.

Wolf-like; characterized by, or suggestive of the presence of, wolves; ferocious, uncivilized.

Fierce, wild, violent.

Somewhat of the nature or appearance of a hawk. Also, inclined to favour hard-line or warlike policies. Cf. hawk, n.1 3.

Tigerish, tiger-like.

Venomous, poisonous; malignant.

colloquial (derogatory and offensive). German.