fierce


fierce (http://definr.com/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;
        inclined to  react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty";
        "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent
        passions" [syn: tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy]
     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]