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
- 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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