Question

Read the excerpt from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

It would be dreadful to suffer this fierceness and wrath of Almighty God one moment; but you must suffer it to all eternity.

In this excerpt, what is the denotation of the word “fierceness”?
emotion
aggression
energy
pity

Answer 1

aggression

("Fierceness" here denotes violent intensity or ferocity—aggression—rather than pity, general emotion, or energy.)