something fierce

phrase

US, informal
: very badly or very much
I miss her something fierce.
I need a vacation something fierce.

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Larger spirals call for special attention to layering and can rock a deep side part something fierce. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 July 2026 Thrown together by circumstance, their bond transforms from obligation to something deeper—something fierce and quietly life-altering. Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025 Owens’s up-close-and-personal encounters with those twisters required the force of something fierce to make the scenes look authentic. Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024 Valente looked so dirty and bedraggled, leaves and twigs feathered in his hair and something fierce and sad in his look. Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021

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“Something fierce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20fierce. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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