Meaning

1 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being ferocious.

    Near-synonyms: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence

    Grausamkeit

    свирепостьsvirepostʹ

More definitions
  • the property of being wild or turbulent

Examples

1 sentences

  1. His expression is full of ferocity and astonishment at the same time.

    deSein Gesichtsausdruck ist gleichzeitig voller Wildheit und Verwunderung. — pengpau

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Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from fe

Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).

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Forms

plural: ferocities
Singularferocity
Pluralferocities

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
violenceB1ferociousnessfiercenessfuriousnessfuryvehemence
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
RelatedfierceB2feralferityferocious
Derivedsuperferocity

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fermentationfernferociousC1ferociouslyC1ferretferrousferryB1

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