Adjective

(er)

Extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage.

A fierce storm battered the coast.

Resolute or strenuously active.

We made a fierce attempt to escape.

Threatening in appearance or demeanor.

The lion gave a fierce roar.

(slang, Ireland, rural) very, excellent.

It was fierce cold.

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

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

Tyra said to strike a pose and make it fierce .

Adjective

(en adjective)

Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.

* (William Shakespeare)

Since his exile she hath despised me most, / Forsworn my company and rail'd at me, / That I am desperate of obtaining her.

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Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.

* Macaulay

desperate expedients

Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.

Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.

* (William Shakespeare)

a desperate offendress against nature

* Macaulay

the most desperate of reprobates

Extremely intense.