Dictionary Definition
ferocity n : the property of being wild or
turbulent; "the storm's violence" [syn: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness]
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
- The condition of being ferocious.
Synonyms
Translations
The condition of being ferocious
- Finnish: raivokkuus
- French: acharnement
- Romanian: ferocitate
- Russian: свирепость
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aggression, aggressiveness, animality, antagonism, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, beastliness, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, bestiality, bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness,
bloody-mindedness, brutality, brutalness, brutishness, cannibalism, chauvinism, combativeness, contentiousness,
cruelness, cruelty, ferociousness, fiendishness, fierceness, fight, hostility, inhumaneness, inhumanity, jingoism, martialism, militancy, militarism, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness,
ruthlessness, saber
rattling, sadism,
sadistic cruelty, sanguineousness,
savagery, truculence, unfriendliness, unpeacefulness, vandalism, viciousness, violence, wanton cruelty,
warmongering,
warpath