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ferocious
[ fuh-roh-shuhs ]
adjective
- savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel:
a ferocious beating.
Synonyms: rapacious
- extreme or intense:
a ferocious thirst.
ferocious
/ fəˈrɒsɪtɪ; fəˈrəʊʃəs /
adjective
- savagely fierce or cruel
a ferocious argument
a ferocious tiger
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Derived Forms
- ferocity, noun
- feˈrociously, adverb
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Other Words From
- fe·rocious·ly adverb
- fe·rocious·ness noun
- nonfe·rocious adjective
- nonfe·rocious·ly adverb
- nonfe·rocious·ness noun
- unfe·rocious adjective
- unfe·rocious·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ferocious1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ferocious1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
The man behind the desk is a fictional character—a ferocious patriot exposing the limits of rigid ideology.
But among ferocious ideologues, similar roots are no guarantee of mutual sympathy when schisms occur.
So, only when you have spiraling matter down do you get these ferocious, black hole jets.
Instead they operated out of a vast network of tunnels, and the combat was as ferocious as any the IDF has seen for many years.
I saw a faint, sweet glimmer of the ferocious protector he once was.
It is a vile world because it is an under-educated world, unreasonable, suspicious, base and ferocious.
The shorter native had his hair collected into a knob at the top of his head, which gave him a ferocious appearance.
He has not been shaved very recently, but he doesnt look at all ferocious notwithstanding.
The most ferocious and arrogant Mindanao tribes occupy regions within easy access of the coast.
When about eight years old, in a paroxysm of ferocious hate, she pushed her brother Charles into the Bievre, where he was drowned.
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