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Definition of ferocity in English: ferocitynounPlural ferocities fəˈrɒsɪtifəˈrɑsədi mass nounThe state or quality of being ferocious. the ferocity of the storm caught them by surprise count noun she hated him with a ferocity that astonished her Example sentencesExamples - The largely unreported clashes that ensued were of exceptional ferocity.
- All the way down from Glasgow there is a downpour of such ferocity that I fear for my life.
- Today for most they are a faded memory; yet at the time, the battle was bloody and fought with great ferocity.
- Then I set about it with such ferocity that in minutes it lay in pieces.
- They will fight with a ferocity, a determination, and a skill, that will astound us.
- Never listen to those who warn that ferocity on our part reduces us to the level of the terrorist.
- Any idea of separating the careers of prosecutor and judge was attacked with ferocity.
- The students' warning is loud and clear, but it has lost its former ferocity and urgency.
- The ferocity of the seas and winds however, meant that the rescue was far from straightforward.
- An album that finally demonstrates that ferocity and intelligence coexist beautifully.
- Found in the third century BC, the crocodile was respected by the Egyptians for its power and ferocity.
- This power, we learn, has been asserted with ferocity over the past five decades.
- And the frequency and ferocity of the current crop of storms is truly terrifying.
- The sheer ferocity of its will would appear to preclude compromise.
- Back then, his face had been firm and strong and his bright amber eyes had had a ferocity to them that could be intimidating but also very warm.
- The ferocity of that effort almost reduced the woodwork to rubble.
- Sandstorms are hardly novel in Beijing, but the sheer ferocity of these tempests was.
- That night a wind-storm of unexpected ferocity gathered over the island.
- Asked about why this issue was so close to her heart, the full ferocity of her anger really takes off.
- Yet we do need some sort of violent metaphor to bring home the length, ferocity and success of the campaign.
Synonyms savagery, brutality, brutishness, barbarity, fierceness, violence, aggression, bloodthirstiness, murderousness ruthlessness, cruelty, pitilessness, mercilessness, heartlessness, inhumanity, sadism intensity, severity, extremity, force, strength rare ferity
Origin Mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin ferocitas, from ferox, feroc- 'fierce'. Rhymes anfractuosity, animosity, atrocity, bellicosity, curiosity, fabulosity, generosity, grandiosity, impecuniosity, impetuosity, jocosity, luminosity, monstrosity, nebulosity, pomposity, ponderosity, porosity, preciosity, precocity, reciprocity, religiosity, scrupulosity, sinuosity, sumptuosity, velocity, verbosity, virtuosity, viscosity Definition of ferocity in US English: ferocitynounfəˈräsədēfəˈrɑsədi The state or quality of being ferocious. the ferocity of the storm caught them by surprise Example sentencesExamples - And the frequency and ferocity of the current crop of storms is truly terrifying.
- The ferocity of that effort almost reduced the woodwork to rubble.
- This power, we learn, has been asserted with ferocity over the past five decades.
- The sheer ferocity of its will would appear to preclude compromise.
- The students' warning is loud and clear, but it has lost its former ferocity and urgency.
- They will fight with a ferocity, a determination, and a skill, that will astound us.
- Any idea of separating the careers of prosecutor and judge was attacked with ferocity.
- Never listen to those who warn that ferocity on our part reduces us to the level of the terrorist.
- All the way down from Glasgow there is a downpour of such ferocity that I fear for my life.
- An album that finally demonstrates that ferocity and intelligence coexist beautifully.
- Then I set about it with such ferocity that in minutes it lay in pieces.
- Today for most they are a faded memory; yet at the time, the battle was bloody and fought with great ferocity.
- Sandstorms are hardly novel in Beijing, but the sheer ferocity of these tempests was.
- Asked about why this issue was so close to her heart, the full ferocity of her anger really takes off.
- Found in the third century BC, the crocodile was respected by the Egyptians for its power and ferocity.
- The ferocity of the seas and winds however, meant that the rescue was far from straightforward.
- That night a wind-storm of unexpected ferocity gathered over the island.
- The largely unreported clashes that ensued were of exceptional ferocity.
- Yet we do need some sort of violent metaphor to bring home the length, ferocity and success of the campaign.
- Back then, his face had been firm and strong and his bright amber eyes had had a ferocity to them that could be intimidating but also very warm.
Synonyms savagery, brutality, brutishness, barbarity, fierceness, violence, aggression, bloodthirstiness, murderousness
Origin Mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin ferocitas, from ferox, feroc- ‘fierce’. |