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ferocious

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /fəˈɹəʊʃəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /fəˈɹoʊʃəs/
  • rhymes with -əʊʃəs
  • CMU ARPABET: F ER0 OW1 SH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Marked by extreme and violent energy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fierce, furious, raging

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Extreme or intense.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: greatest, maximum, utmost, extreme, ferocious, exquisite, intense, almighty, highest, maximal, passing, raging, ultimate, uttermost

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

marked by extreme and violent energy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a ferocious beating
  • fierce fighting
  • a furious battle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fierce, furious, savage

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَرِس (šaris) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Armenian: վայրագ (vayrag) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Azerbaijani: şiddətli — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Azerbaijani: dəhşətli — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Belarusian: лю́ты (ljúty) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Bulgarian: див (div) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Bulgarian: свиреп (svirep) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Catalan: ferotge — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Chamicuro: pchajtoki — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 猖 (chāng) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兇猛 /凶猛 (xiōngměng) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Danish: glubsk — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Danish: vild — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Dutch: woest — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Dutch: wild — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Dutch: heftig — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Esperanto: feroca — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Finnish: julma — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Finnish: raivokas — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Finnish: raivopäinen — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • French: féroce — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • German: wild — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • German: brutal — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • German: grausam — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Greek: άγριος (ágrios) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Paraguayan Guarani: ñarõ — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Hindi: हिंसक (hinsak) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Hindi: उग्र (ugra) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Hindi: क्रूर (krūr) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Hungarian: kegyetlen — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Ido: feroca — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Italian: feroce — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Italian: efferato — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Italian: abominevole — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Italian: odioso — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Japanese: 猛々しい (takedakeshii) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Kazakh: тағы (tağy) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Kazakh: жабайы (jabaiy) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Kazakh: мейірімсіз (meiırımsız) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Kazakh: қатал (qatal) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Korean: 사납다 (sanapda) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Latin: ferox — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Latin: trux — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Macedonian: див (div) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Macedonian: сви́реп (svírep) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grusom — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vill — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: heftig — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Persian: سبع (sabo') — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Plautdietsch: grausom — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Polish: brutalny — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Polish: bestialski — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Polish: okrutny — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Portuguese: feroz — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Russian: свире́пый (svirépyj) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Russian: жесто́кий (žestókij) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Spanish: feroz — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Swedish: vild — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Swedish: vildsint — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Turkish: zalim — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Ottoman Turkish: وحشی (vahşî) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Ottoman Turkish: آزولو (azulu, azılı) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Ukrainian: лю́тий (ljútyj) — Marked by extreme and violent energy
  • Welsh: brochwyllt — Marked by extreme and violent energy
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