Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fiercest

/fˈɪɹsəst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: fiercest
IPA: /fˈɪɹsəst/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

superlative form of fierce: most fierce.

Example Sentences

"America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short."

Questions

How do you pronounce fiercest?: The recorded pronunciation is /fˈɪɹsəst/.
What does fiercest mean?: superlative form of fierce: most fierce.

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