ferocity
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fe·ro·cious
(fə-rō′shəs)adj.
1.
a. Extremely aggressive or violent: a ferocious attack dog.
b. Characterized by or showing extreme aggressiveness or violence: a ferocious glare; ferocious claws.
2. Extremely powerful or destructive: a ferocious gale.
3. Extreme in activity or feeling; intense: a ferocious demand for a product; ferocious courage.
fe·ro′cious·ly adv.
fe·roc′i·ty (-rŏs′ĭ-tē), fe·ro′cious·ness n.
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fe•roc•i•ty
(fəˈrɒs ɪ ti)n.
a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
[1600–10; < Latin]
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Ferocity
See Also: SCREAMS
- Barked like an old sergeant —Frank Swinnerton
- Fierce as a comet —John Milton
- Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action —Carl Sandburg
- Fierce as a fever —Anon
- Fierce as a lobster making one last lunge out of the pot —Norman Mailer
- Fierce as hunger —Babette Deutsch
- Fierce as vengeance —John Greenleaf Whittier
- Fierce as young bulls —William Shakespeare
- Fiery as tiger eyes —Jessamyn West
- Growled … as a dog might do at a postman —Frank Swinnerton
- Savage as a bear with a sore head —Frederick Marryat
- Savage as a meat-ax —American colloquialism, attributed to Mid-south
- (Hope) temptuous like a fire-cloud —Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- (A fly is as) untamable as a hyena —Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Wild as a monkey —Robert Silverberg
- Wild as a starved cat —Elizabeth Spencer
- Wild as the vultures’ cry —Aeschylus
- (Memories do not turn to dust. They live) wild as young colts —Elizabeth Spencer
- (You’re) wild … just like a sea-bird —Clifford Odets
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| Noun | 1. |  ferocity - the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"intensiveness, intensity - high level or degree; the property of being intense savageness, savagery - the property of being untamed and ferocious; "the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums" |
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ferocity
noun savagery, violence, cruelty, brutality, ruthlessness, inhumanity, wildness, barbarity, viciousness, fierceness, rapacity, bloodthirstiness, savageness, ferociousness surprised by the ferocity of the attack
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ferocity
nounExceptionally great concentration, power, or force, especially in activity:
depth (often used in plural), ferociousness, fierceness, fury, intensity, pitch, severity, vehemence, vehemency, violence.
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Translations
ضَراوَه، شَراسَه
divokost
vildskab
raivokkuus
grimmd
ferocitate
canavarlıkvahşîlik
ferocity
[fəˈrɒsɪtɪ] N1. (= savagery) [of person, animal, attack, battle] → ferocidad f
2. (= intensity) [of storm, wind, fire] → furia f; [of feelings] → intensidad f; [of criticism] → dureza f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
ferocity
n (of animal) → Wildheit f; (of dog) → Bissigkeit f; (of appearance, look, glare) → Grimmigkeit f; (of battle, war, debate, argument, competition, criticism) → Heftigkeit f; (of attack) → Brutalität f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ferocious
(fəˈrouʃəs) adjective fierce or savage. a ferocious animal.
feˈrociously adverbferocity (fəˈrosəti) noun
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