ferocious

Meaning

  1. Marked by extreme and violent energy.
  2. Extreme or intense.

Synonyms

savage
C1
fierce
C1
cruel
B2
wild
B1
violent
B2
atrocious
21k
brutal
C1
furious
C1
raging
C1
vicious
C1
unsociable
angry
A2
😠
inhuman
C2
rape
B2
horrible
B1
ruthless
C1
barbarous
37k
strong-willed
35k
truculent
harsh
B2

be wild

terrible
A2
grim
C1
gruesome
C2
heinous
C2
impatient
C1
inhumane
27k
lupin
C2
lupine
malicious
C2
menacing
21k
merciless
C2
oppressive
24k
poisonous
C1
powerful
B1
radical
C1
sassy
C2
serious
A1
tigerish
touchy
C2
tremendous
C1
tyrannical
36k
unfriendly
22k
unmerciful
untamed
32k
venomous
24k

very angry

wicked
B2
wrathful
wrathy
Translations

féroce
wild
feroz
woest
feroce
sauvage
furieux

άγριος

feroz
wild
grausam
furioso
selvaggio

θηριώδης

fiero
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fəˈɹəʊʃəs/
Etymology

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

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