Meanings
plural ferocities
- countableuncountableThe condition of being ferocious.
Near-synonyms: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence
1 more example
Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18—, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.
1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 4, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeSynonyms: ferociousness, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition of being ferocious.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe property of being wild or turbulent
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinferocitas
- Middle Frenchférocité
- Englishferocity
Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian свирепост
- свирепост (svirepost)The condition of being ferocious
Esperanto sovaĝeco
- sovaĝecoThe condition of being ferocious
Finnish raivokkuus
- raivokkuusThe condition of being ferocious
French acharnement
- acharnementThe condition of being ferocious
German Grausamkeit
- GrausamkeitThe condition of being ferocious
Greek αγριότητα
- αγριότητα (agriótita)The condition of being ferocious
Hindi क्रूरता
- क्रूरता (krūrtā)The condition of being ferocious
Latin ferōcitās, saevitia
- ferōcitāsThe condition of being ferocious
- saevitiaThe condition of being ferocious
Māori taratutū
- taratutūThe condition of being ferocious
Romanian ferocitate
- ferocitateThe condition of being ferocious
Russian свирепость
- свирепость (svirepostʹ)The condition of being ferocious
Spanish ferocidad, feridad
- ferocidadThe condition of being ferocious
- feridadThe condition of being ferocious
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ferocity
Cite this entry
ferocity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferocity
“ferocity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferocity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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