Meaning

2 senses
  1. Marked by extreme and violent energy.

    wild, brutal, grausam

    свире́пыйsvirépyj, жесто́кийžestókij

    лю́тийljútyj

    marked by extreme and violent energy

  2. Extreme or intense.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Those dogs aren't as ferocious as they look.

  2. Tom has a ferocious dog.

  3. The general launched a ferocious attack.

  4. Layla's house was devoured by a ferocious fire.

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  5. A tiger is a very ferocious kind of animal.

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Translations

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Origin

Taken from Latin ferōx (“wild, bold, savage, fierce”) + -ous.

Taken from Latin ferōx (“wild, bold, savage, fierce”) + -ous.

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Forms

more ferocious, most ferocious
Comparativemore ferocious Lesson
Superlativemost ferocious Lesson

regular

Synonyms

24 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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