Desperate
Desperate adjective - Feeling or showing no hope.
Fierce is a synonym for desperate in furious topic. In some cases you can use "Fierce" instead an adjective "Desperate", when it comes to topics like big, extreme, concentrated.
Nearby Words: desperately, desperation
Fierce
Fierce adjective - Violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition.
Desperate is a synonym for fierce in furious topic. Sometimes you can use "Desperate" instead an adjective "Fierce", if it concerns topics such as big, concentrated.
Nearby Words: fiercely, fierceness
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The King in The North, Robb Stark, still stands fierce, but has to face the disobedience of his subjects when his mother decides to release the captive Kingslayer in a desperate effort to have her daughters returned.
Source: Literature / A Storm of Swords -
She's been invaded, her walls breached everywhere and desperate fighting is going on in the streets, by a fierce host which out-numbers Lankhamar's inhabitants by fifty to one — and equipped with all modern weapons.
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