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Synonyms for ferocious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fuh-roh-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : fəˈroʊ ʃəs |
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Définition of ferocious
Origin :- 1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox "fierce, wild-looking" (see ferocity). Related: Ferociously; ferociousness.
- adj violent, barbaric
- 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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