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Synonyms for ferociously
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : fuh-roh-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : fəˈroʊ ʃəs |
Top 10 synonyms for ferociously Other synonyms for the word ferociously
- actively
- animatedly
- atrociously
- awfully
- barbarically
- barbarously
- berserk
- boisterously
- briskly
- brutishly
- callously
- crazily
- cruelly
- demoniacally
- depravedly
- destructively
- diabolically
- disorderly
- earnestly
- energetically
- ferally
- fiercely
- forcibly
- frenziedly
- frighteningly
- furiously
- hard
- hardheartedly
- harmfully
- heartlessly
- horribly
- idiotically
- immorally
- impetuously
- in a frenzy
- in cold blood
- inexorably
- inhumanely
- inhumanly
- insanely
- intensely
- irrationally
- irresistibly
- keenly
- like cats and dogs
- like fury
- maleficiently
- malevolently
- malignly
- maniacally
- meanly
- mightily
- monstrous
- murderously
- no holds barred
- painfully
- passionately
- pitilessly
- powerfully
- rashly
- recklessly
- relentlessly
- remorselessly
- reprehensibly
- rigorously
- riotously
- roughly
- rowdily
- ruthlessly
- savagely
- seriously
- severely
- sharply
- something fierce
- something terrible
- spiritedly
- spitefully
- sprightly
- stormily
- strongly
- stupidly
- tempestuously
- terribly
- threateningly
- tigerishly
- tooth and nail
- tumultously/tumultuously
- turbulently
- uncontrollably
- unkindly
- unrelentingly
- unrestrainedly
- uproariously
- urgently
- vehemently
- venomously
- viciously
- vigorously
- violently
- vivaciously
- wickedly
- wildly
- with all one's might
- with bared teeth
- wrongly
Définition of ferociously
Origin :- 1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox "fierce, wild-looking" (see ferocity). Related: Ferociously; ferociousness.
- As in insanely : adv extremely
- As in brutally : adv cruelly, without remorse
- As in viciously : adv cruelly
- As in wildly : adv uncontrollably
- As in fiercely : adv violently, menacingly
- As in amuck : adv crazily
- As in hard : adv with great force
- In the meantime, the wounded beast was snapping and snarling most ferociously.
- Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer
- It was the terrier who had ferociously attacked the lion, and the lion was charmed.
- Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
- Society punished it ferociously and justly, in self-defence.
- Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
- Adam spun on him ferociously, raising a heavy hand in threat.
- Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
- They came at us ferociously, and nearly broke through our line.
- Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon
- It was a ferociously hot day at the beginning of the summer vac.
- Extract from : « Boycotted » by Talbot Baines Reed
- The next instant he took the string into his mouth and bit it ferociously.
- Extract from : « The Biography of a Prairie Girl » by Eleanor Gates
- "Well, don't you try and make fun o' me," said Mr. Russell, ferociously.
- Extract from : « Dialstone Lane, Complete » by W.W. Jacobs
- He clinched his two fists and shook them ferociously at Miss Martha.
- Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
- Yet she must have had a ferociously arduous time in learning how not to cook.
- Extract from : « Wanted: A Cook » by Alan Dale
Antonyms for ferociously
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