Ferocious Definition

fə-rōshəs
adjective
Extremely aggressive or violent.
A ferocious attack dog.
American Heritage
Fierce; savage; violently cruel.
Webster's New World
Characterized by or showing extreme aggressiveness or violence.
A ferocious glare; ferocious claws.
American Heritage
Very great.
A ferocious appetite.
Webster's New World
Extremely powerful or destructive.
A ferocious gale.
American Heritage
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Origin of Ferocious

  • From Latin ferox (“wild, bold, savage, fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin ferōx ferōc- fierce ghwer- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ferocious Sentence Examples

  • The stories of his ferocious savagery exceed belief.

  • After a ferocious contest, the Danes were practically annihilated.

  • They fought with the grey swords, combining the sword dance with hand-to-hand combat moves for a ferocious battle that surprised her.

  • In the early part of his reign he appears, in agreement with the Turkish sultan and the king of Poland, turning out the Hungarian vassal, the ferocious Vlad, from the Walachian throne, and annexing the coast cities of Kilia and Cetatea Alba or Byelgorod, the Turkish Akkerman.

  • For ferocious cats, you can find panthers, tigers, lions, and wildcats.

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