(a) Bold, brave, fearless, stalwart, warlike; arwe men & ~, the timid and the fearless, i.e., everyone; cant & ~; (b) of a king, emperor: great, mighty; (c) eager (to do something), ready, daring; (d) as noun: a brave man, hero.

(a) Fierce, savage, cruel, bellicose; of an enemy: bitter; ~ on (to), hostile towards (sb.); proud and ~; ~ of horn, fierce with his horns; (b) angry, resentful; ~ on (yenes), angry with (sb.); (c) disobedient, rebellious, obstinate, intractable; -- also as noun.

(a) Sharp-pointed, sharp-edged, cutting, trenchant; ~ netle, a stinging nettle; also fig.; (b) of an embankment: narrow; (c) ~ face, a hatchet face.

(a) Sharp in taste, pungent, tart, bitter; (b) fig. of words, the tongue: angry, acrimonious, sharp; (c) loud, shrill, piercing.

(a) Of affliction, grief, pain, etc.: causing distress, severe, painful, pitiful; (b) of war, a weapon: destructive, deadly, fierce; (c) of cold, fire, wind, a river: fierce, strong, cutting, bitter; (d) noxious, poisonous; of a medicinal plaster: hot and strong.

(a) Of emotion or emotional stimulus: strong, earnest; (b) amorous, passionate.

(a) Prudent, wise, intelligent; (b) of wit: good, perspicacious; of a bargain: shrewd, good; (c) sharp-sighted.

In surnames.