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ferocity

noun · 2 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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  • General-American: /fəˈɹɑsɪti/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /fəˈɹɒsɪti/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒsɪti
  • CMU ARPABET: F ER0 AA1 S AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition of being ferocious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ferociousness, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: superferocity

2

noun

Meaning 2

the property of being wild or turbulent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the storm's violence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: intensity, intensiveness

Narrower terms: savageness, savagery

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: свирепост (svirepost) — The condition of being ferocious
  • Esperanto: sovaĝeco — The condition of being ferocious
  • Finnish: raivokkuus — The condition of being ferocious
  • French: acharnement — The condition of being ferocious
  • German: Grausamkeit — The condition of being ferocious
  • Greek: αγριότητα (agriótita) — The condition of being ferocious
  • Hindi: क्रूरता (krūrtā) — The condition of being ferocious
  • Latin: ferōcitās — The condition of being ferocious
  • Latin: saevitia — The condition of being ferocious
  • Macedonian: сви́репост (svírepost) — The condition of being ferocious
  • Macedonian: же́стокост (žéstokost) — The condition of being ferocious
  • Māori: taratutū — The condition of being ferocious
  • Romanian: ferocitate — The condition of being ferocious
  • Russian: свирепость (svirepostʹ) — The condition of being ferocious
  • Spanish: ferocidad — The condition of being ferocious
  • Spanish: feridad — The condition of being ferocious
  • Ottoman Turkish: وحشت (vahşet) — The condition of being ferocious
  • Ottoman Turkish: وحشیلك (vahşilik) — The condition of being ferocious