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Ferocious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ferocious? [adj] marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ferocious: fierce \| furious \| savage \| violent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ferocious: abandoned \| aggressive \| amok \| animal \| antagonistic \| anthropophagous \| atrocious \| barbaric \| barbarous \| battling \| beastly \| bellicose \| belligerent \| bellowing \| berserk \| bestial \| bloodthirsty \| bloody \| bloody-minded \| brutal \| brutalized \| brute \| brutish \| cannibalistic \| carried away \| chauvinist \| chauvinistic \| combative \| contentious \| cruel \| cruel-hearted \| delirious \| demoniac \| demoniacal \| destructive \| devilish \| diabolic \| diabolical \| distracted \| Draconian \| ecstatic \| enemy \| enraptured \| fell \| feral \| ferine \| fiendish \| fiendlike \| fierce \| fighting \| frantic \| frenzied \| full of fight \| fulminating \| furious \| grim \| haggard \| hawkish \| hellish \| hog-wild \| hostile \| howling \| hysterical \| implacable \| in a transport \| in hysterics \| infernal \| inhuman \| inhumane \| inimical \| intoxicated \| jingo \| jingoish \| jingoist \| jingoistic \| kill-crazy \| mad \| madding \| malign \| malignant \| maniac \| martial \| merciless \| militant \| militaristic \| military \| monstrous \| murderous \| noncivilized \| offensive \| orgasmic \| orgiastic \| pitiless \| possessed \| predatory \| pugnacious \| quarrelsome \| rabid \| raging \| ramping \| ranting \| rapacious \| ravening \| ravenous \| raving \| ravished \| relentless \| roaring \| running mad \| ruthless \| saber-rattling \| sadistic \| sanguinary \| sanguineous \| satanic \| savage \| scrappy \| sharkish \| slavering \| soldierlike \| soldierly \| storming \| subhuman \| tameless \| Tartarean \| transported \| trigger-happy \| truculent \| unchristian \| uncivilized \| uncontrollable \| unfriendly \| ungentle \| unhuman \| unpacific \| unpeaceable \| unpeaceful \| untamed \| vicious \| violent \| voracious \| warlike \| warmongering \| warring \| wild \| wild-eyed \| wild-looking \| wolfish See Also \| Ferocious In Webster's Dictionary \Fero"cious\, a. [L. ferox, -ocis, fierce: cf. F. f['e]roce. See {Ferocity}.] Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion. The humbled power of a ferocious enemy. --Lowth. Syn: {Ferocious}, {Fierce}, {Savage}, {Barbarous}. Usage: When these words are applied to human feelings or conduct, ferocious describes the disposition; fierce, the haste and violence of an act; barbarous, the coarseness and brutality by which it was marked; savage, the cruel and unfeeling spirit which it showed. A man is ferocious in his temper, fierce in his actions, barbarous in the manner of carrying out his purposes, savage in the spirit and feelings expressed in his words or deeds. -- {Fero"ciously}, adv. -- {Fero"cious*ness}, n. It [Christianity] has adapted the ferociousness of war. --Blair.

Ferocious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ferocious?

[adj] marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ferocious: fierce | furious | savage | violent

See Also |

Ferocious In Webster's Dictionary

\Fe*ro"cious\, a. [L. ferox, -ocis, fierce: cf. F.
f['e]roce. See {Ferocity}.]
Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous;
rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion.

      The humbled power of a ferocious enemy.  --Lowth.

Syn: {Ferocious}, {Fierce}, {Savage}, {Barbarous}.

Usage: When these words are applied to human feelings or
       conduct, ferocious describes the disposition; fierce,
       the haste and violence of an act; barbarous, the
       coarseness and brutality by which it was marked;
       savage, the cruel and unfeeling spirit which it
       showed. A man is ferocious in his temper, fierce in
       his actions, barbarous in the manner of carrying out
       his purposes, savage in the spirit and feelings
       expressed in his words or deeds. -- {Fe*ro"cious*ly},
       adv. -- {Fe*ro"cious*ness}, n.

             It [Christianity] has adapted the ferociousness
             of war.                           --Blair.

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