Synonyms for ferocity

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fuh-ros-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : fəˈrɒs ɪ ti

Définition of ferocity

Origin : c.1600, from French férocité, from Latin ferocitatem (nominative ferocitas) "fierceness," from ferocis, oblique case of ferox "wild, bold, courageous, warlike, fierce," literally "wild-looking," a derivative of ferus "wild" (see fierce) + -ox, -ocem (genitive -ocis), a suffix meaning "looking or appearing" (cognate with Greek ops "eye, sight").

adj fierceness

Example sentences :

All ferocity must be misinterpretation of the divine law of harmony and mutual help.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

They have the ferocity of a chained dog, and are proud of it.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

This incautious speech by no means tended to appease the ferocity of the crowd.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

The struggle was deadly, but the numbers and ferocity of the pirates prevailed.
Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat

But her eyes remained very keen, sharpened as it were by ferocity.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

The one producing a temper of hardness and ferocity, the other of softness and effeminacy, I replied.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

His countenance was a mask of ferocity restrained by intelligence, cold and calculating.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

His eyes glowered upon her with a ferocity that was hardly dissembled.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

Otrepiev was shaken by the Tsar's manner, by the ferocity of his mien.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini

Terrible as the wound was, Davis sprang upon him with the ferocity of a tiger.
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

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