Meaning of FEROCITY
| Pronunciation: | | fu'râsitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" |
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| | Synonyms: | | fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness |
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| | See Also: | | intensity, intensiveness | |
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| | Definition: | | \Fe*roc"i*ty\, n. [L. ferocitas, fr. ferox, -ocis,
fierce, kin to ferus wild: cf. F. ferocit['e]. See {Fierce}.]
Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of
countenance.
The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. --Macaulay.
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| | Related Terms: | | aggression, aggressiveness, animality, antagonism, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, beastliness, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, bestiality, bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness, bloody-mindedness, brutality, brutalness, brutishness, cannibalism, chauvinism, combativeness, contentiousness, cruelness, cruelty, ferociousness, fiendishness, fierceness, fight, hostility, inhumaneness, inhumanity, jingoism, martialism, militancy, militarism, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, ruthlessness, saber rattling, sadism, sadistic cruelty, sanguineousness, savagery, truculence, unfriendliness, unpeacefulness, vandalism, viciousness, violence, wanton cruelty, warmongering, warpath |
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