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Grammar : Adj

Spell : fuh-roh-shuhs

Phonetic Transcription : fəˈroʊ ʃəs

Definition of ferocious

Origin : 1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox "fierce, wild-looking" (see ferocity). Related: Ferociously; ferociousness.

adj violent, barbaric

Example sentences :

I did not know what that dish was, but the ferocious reporter continued his questions.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

The Moors now rushed on them from all parts with a ferocious joy.
Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

And if her ferocious beast of a father lost his treasure, it was his own fault.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Every fresh attack made them more suspicious and ferocious than before.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

The tenderness, the devotedness of his mother had instilled into him an egotism that was ferocious.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

He saw that the creature was eyeing the light with ferocious purpose in its expression.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

As Samoval so truly said, the mob is a ferocious god to whom sacrifices must be made.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

Miss Armytage's answer was as a bludgeon-stroke to his ferocious exultation.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

He is greedy as the locust, wily as the serpent, and ferocious as the panther.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

It was a white whirl of women, a ferocious vortex of terrified women.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

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