something fierce

phrase

US, informal

: very badly or very much

I miss her something fierce.

I need a vacation something fierce.

Examples of something fierce in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Their take on the story of Agamemnon’s obsessive daughter — fixated on revenge since his death at the hands of her mother, Clytemnestra — should be something fierce to behold. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

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

Rhymes for something fierce

• tierce