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. Lindsay Graham:

   I think he values the fact I've been there a lot, that I was a pretty ferocious critic of Obama, and that the things that I predicted about Iraq came true.

2. Dan Azzi:

   We have to inform the Lebanese people that they have to go on a vicious diet, we have to take ferocious measures, like that haircut which has never happened in Lebanon's history and has to happen immediately.

3. Willy Lam:

   A ferocious confrontation is shaping up between the will of the Hong Kong people and the Xi Jinping administration,( which is) determined to be the arbiter of things in Hong Kong.

4. Donald Trump:

   Bill Clinton and Barack Obama mission is the story of an epic battle and the ferocious eternal struggle between good and evil.

5. Mahmoud Abbas:

   Today is one of the most ferocious days our people have seen, before we were suffering from illegal Israeli settlements. Now it's another illegal settlement by the Israel and Ivanka Trump.

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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
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ferocious