different between fierce vs inexorable

English

Etymology

From Middle English fers, fiers, borrowed from Old French fers (“wild", "ferocious”), nominative of fer, from Latin ferus (“wild", "untamed”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Adjective

fierce (comparative fiercer, superlative fiercest)

1. Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.

   A fierce storm battered the coast.

   I felt a fierce loyalty to my family.

2. Resolute or strenuously active.

   We made a fierce attempt to escape.

3. Threatening in appearance or demeanor.

   The lion gave a fierce roar.

4. (slang, Ireland, rural) Excellent, very good.

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

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

   Tyra said to strike a pose and make it fierce.

Synonyms

• (exceedingly violent): incessive
• (threatening in appearance or demeanor): incessive

Derived terms

• fiercely
• fierceness
• something fierce

Related terms

• feral
• ferocious

Translations

Adverb

fierce (not comparable)

1. (slang, Ireland, rural) Extremely; very.

   It was fierce cold last night.

References

• fierce at OneLook Dictionary Search
• fierce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Recife

English

Etymology

From Middle French inexorable, from Latin inex?r?bilis (“relentless, inexorable”) (or directly from the Latin word), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ex?r?bilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”). Ex?r?bilis is derived from ex?r?re (from ex?r? (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out of’) + ?r? (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), from ?s (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éh?os (“mouth”)) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n??ks???b?l/, /?n??ks??b(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n?ks??b(?)l/
• Hyphenation: in?ex?or?a?ble

Adjective

inexorable (comparative more inexorable, superlative most inexorable)

1. Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonyms: implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, unpreventable, unrelenting, unstoppable; see also Thesaurus:inevitable

   Antonym: exorable
2. Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting. [from mid 16th c.]

   Antonym: exorable
3. Adamant; severe.

   Antonym: exorable

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• inexorable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• inexorable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inexorabilis.

Adjective

inexorable (masculine and feminine plural inexorables)

1. inexorable

Derived terms

• inexorablement

Further reading

• “inexorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inexorable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inexorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inexorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inex?r?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n??.z?.?abl/

Adjective

inexorable (plural inexorables)

1. inexorable

   Synonym: inéluctable

Derived terms

• inexorabilité
• inexorablement

Further reading

• “inexorable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inex?r?bilis.

Adjective

inexorable (plural inexorables)

1. inexorable

Related terms

• inexorablemente