Definitions for ferocious
fəˈroʊ ʃəsfe·ro·cious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. ferocious, fierce, furious, savageadjective

   marked by extreme and violent energy

   "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. ferociousadjective

   Marked by extreme and violent energy.

2. ferociousadjective

   Extreme or intense.

3. Etymology: From ferox, from ferus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ferociousadjective

   Etymology: ferox, Latin; feroce, French.

   1. Savage; fierce.2. Ravenous; rapacious.

   The hare, that becometh a prey unto man, unto beasts and fowls of the air, is fruitful even unto superfetation; but the lion and ferocious animal hath young ones but seldom, and but one at a time. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iii. c. 16.

   Smedley rose in majesty of mud;
   Shaking the horrors of his ample brows,
   And each ferocious feature grim with ooze. Alexander Pope, Dunciad, b. ii.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ferocious

   Ferocious is a Canadian psychological thriller film released in 2013. Written and directed by Robert Cuffley, the film stars Amanda Crew, Kim Coates, Dustin Milligan, Michael Eklund and Katie Boland.

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1. ferocious

   Ferocious refers to something that is extremely fierce, violent, aggressive, or savage. It can describe animals, humans, actions, or natural events that illuminate intense, often brutal, power or force.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ferociousadjective

   fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. Ferocious

   fe-rō′shus, adj. savage, fierce: cruel.—adv. Ferō′ciously.—ns. Ferō′ciousness; Feroc′ity, savage cruelty of disposition: untamed fierceness. [L. ferox, ferocis, wild—ferus, wild.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ferocious in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ferocious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of ferocious in a Sentence

1. Jonathan Wachtel:

   As fighters, they have a reputation that goes back centuries of being ferocious and instilling fear among invading armies that tried and failed to crush them. So, you end up with Chechen characters in novels by Tolstoy and Pushkin, some of the great literary giants of Russian literature, and this fear of the Chechens fighter is not for nothing.

2. Jacqui McCullagh:

   Boats washed ashore, houses without roofs, windows smashed in, trees snapped in half, gum trees torn out of the ground and those that do remain standing, are bare and lifeless, the wind gusts were so ferocious, they sounded like freight trains passing by. The concrete walls were shaking non-stop all day.

3. Justin Sayfie:

   I would not want to be someone who's on the receiving end of Jeb Bush's competitiveness. It's ferocious when it needs to be.

4. Seth Rogen:

   I really always worked hard, because I recognized from a pretty young age it was one of the only things I could control, i remember I did karate as a kid, at the Jewish Community Center, and when I started I was the worst in the class, I was the worst of 25 Jewish kids who were afraid of getting picked on. And then just because everyone else quit, three years later I was at the top of the class, and there were 25 Jewish kids who were worse than me. And that was always tangible : Just by not stopping I became the best one. It wasn't this, like, ferocious leap. I just kept going, and slowly [ other ] people stopped. Because a lot of people will stop.

5. Ryan Mauro:

   The new Nigerian president will have to fight Boko Haram because the group cannot be dealt with any other way, boko Haram has even alienated fellow Islamists who believe in Sharia governance. That doesn't mean that these Islamists opposed to Boko Haram are moderates; just that they are less ferocious than Boko Haram.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ferocious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ferocious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ferocious
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferocious
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferocious
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ferocious