Today we will talk about a word that is often used in Russian fairy tales, but in life, on the contrary, is rare. Therefore, people ask themselves what does the fierce mean? We will answer this question, because without clarification of the essence of the matter, it will be difficult to watch fairy tales the next time.
Value
We go, as always, along the beaten track and turn to the explanatory dictionary. It contains the following meanings of the considered adjective:
- Angry, ferocious, merciless.
- Very strong, severe, causing torment.
As you can see, there is nothing complicated. The first value is direct, the second is figurative. And when we understood what fierce means, we can select examples for the adjective that will help us understand the essence of the phenomenon.
What could be fierce?
We’ll throw the bridge from the heroic antiquity to the superhero present. Every superhero has enemies, and they are irreconcilable. Choose any opponent of Batman, and you should have the image of a fierce enemy. If you do not like Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, then you can choose any other superhero or even an ordinary person who does justice. Actors such as Chuck Norris or Jean-Claude Van Damme embodied a huge number of such characters on the screen. No action movie is complete without evil enemies, like a fierce beast.
Looking at the second meaning of the word “fierce”, we understand that not only people are evil and cruel. Sometimes the source of cruelty is nature. And then the question of what the fierce means can be answered by pointing to the second meaning in the explanatory dictionary. When it’s cold outside, you can say: “Now there is a severe cold”. But it can be formulated in another way: "There is a severe frost on the street." Which option is better? It seems like a second. He is more poetic. In other words, your vocabulary will be replenished, and everyday language will gain new colors if you understand what fierce means.
Synonyms
Already an explanatory dictionary gives a certain series of words with a similar meaning. Let's try to expand the arsenal without repeating itself. So the list is as follows:
- cruel;
- furious;
- ruthless;
- brutal;
- savage.
If we add the value of the object of study and the list of substitutions presented above, then a decent synonymous series will come out, which can help out in any situation. I must say a few words in defense of the animal. When we think about cruelty, we automatically remember the beast. And of course, the last noun is the most popular pair for the object of study.
While the most terrible beast on planet Earth is a man. He torments other kinds of animals, he tortures his brothers and receives pleasure from it. According to the German psychologist Erich Fromm, only a person is capable of this. Animals can’t choose, and even if they are fierce (you can replace the last word with a synonym for anyone), then this is not their fault. Nature speaks in them, they are unconscious. In contrast, a person can choose and do evil.