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Ferocious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Extremely savage; fierce. See Synonyms at cruel.

adj. Marked by unrelenting intensity; extreme: ferocious heat.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Marked by extreme and violent energy.

adj. Extreme or intense.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of a fierce or cruel nature; savage; wild; rapacious: as, a ferocious disposition; ferocious savages; a ferocious lion.

Indicating or expressive of ferocity: as, a ferocious look.

Synonyms Untamed, cruel, fell, ruthless, relentless, pitiless, merciless, brutal, inhuman, sanguinary, bloody, furious.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. marked by extreme and violent energy

Word Usage

"The point of this item is to celebrate the wit and glorious non-wisdom of Brittany S. Pearce, played by Heather Morris with a killer deadpan that this week exploded in ferocious dance and song."

Equivalent

violent

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

savage fierce barbarous wild ravenous

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

atrocious precocious

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

fierce furious murderous vindictive ruthless