'Ferocity' definitions:
Definition of 'ferocity'
(from WordNet)
noun
The property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" [syn: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness]
Definition of 'Ferocity'
From: GCIDE
- Ferocity \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. [1913 Webster]
- The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ferocity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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