ferocity

  • 11ferocity — ferocious ► ADJECTIVE 1) savagely fierce, cruel, or violent. 2) informal very great; extreme. DERIVATIVES ferociously adverb ferociousness noun ferocity noun. ORIGIN from Latin ferox fierce …

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  • 12ferocity — noun Date: 1606 the quality or state of being ferocious …

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  • 13ferocity — /feuh ros i tee/, n. a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness. [1600 10; < L ferocitas, equiv. to feroc , s. of ferox FEROCIOUS + itas ITY] * * * …

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  • 14ferocity — noun The condition of being ferocious. Syn: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness See Also: ferity, ferocious …

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  • 15ferocity — Synonyms and related words: aggression, aggressiveness, animality, antagonism, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, beastliness, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, bestiality, bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst,&#8230; …

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  • 16ferocity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fierceness, savagery, brutality, cruelty. See malevolence, violence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fierceness, brutality, barbarity, savagery; see cruelty . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. savagery,&#8230; …

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  • 17ferocity — fe·roc·i·ty || fÉ™ rÉ‘sÉ™tɪ / rÉ’s n. savagery, fierceness, brutalness …

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  • 18ferocity — n. 1. Savageness, fierceness, ferociousness, wildness, rapacity. 2. Barbarity, cruelty, inhumanity …

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  • 19ferocity — noun (U) violence and cruelty …

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  • 20ferocity — n fierceness, ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, truculence, ferity, brutishness; cruelty, inhumanity, savagery, ruthlessness, blood thirstiness, fiendishness, barbarity …

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