vies

/ fiːs /

adjective

1. slang.
   angry, furious, or disgusted

Word History and Origins

Origin of vies¹

Afrikaans

Example Sentences

Piedmont alone vies with her, and is improving far more rapidly, but Lombardy has great natural capacities peculiarly her own.

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In the ‘Vies des Grands Capitaines’ he throws off a whole string of these cherished devices.

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In his hospitality the Caucasian vies with the Arab of the desert.

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Music's melody vies with the drive and bluster of the wind, sobbing and sighing, whistling round corners and playing pranks.

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Kings and nobles were brought there for interment, and in that respect it vies with our Westminster Abbey.

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