Ferocity

//fəˈɹɑsɪti//

Synonyms for "ferocity" (69 found)

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Translations

15 translations across 12 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • свирепост noun (The condition of being ferocious)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • sovaĝeco noun (The condition of being ferocious)

Finnish

1 entries
  • raivokkuus noun (The condition of being ferocious)

French

1 entries
  • acharnement noun (The condition of being ferocious)

German

1 entries
  • Grausamkeit noun (The condition of being ferocious)

Greek

1 entries
  • αγριότητα noun (The condition of being ferocious)

Latin

2 entries
  • ferōcitās noun (The condition of being ferocious)
  • saevitia noun (The condition of being ferocious)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • же́стокост noun (The condition of being ferocious)
  • сви́репост noun (The condition of being ferocious)

Māori

1 entries
  • taratutū noun (The condition of being ferocious)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • وحشت noun (The condition of being ferocious)
  • وحشیلك noun (The condition of being ferocious)

Romanian

1 entries
  • ferocitate noun (The condition of being ferocious)

Russian

1 entries
  • свирепость noun (The condition of being ferocious)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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His expression is full of ferocity and astonishment at the same time.

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I remembered the case well, for it was one in which Holmes had taken an interest on account of the peculiar ferocity of the crime and the wanton brutality which had marked all the actions of the assassin.

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A bull, stimulated either by the scarlet colour of Miss Ashton's mantle, or by one of those fits of capricious ferocity to which their dispositions are liable, detached himself suddenly from the group which was feeding at the upper extremity of a grassy glade, that seemed to lose itself among the crossing and entangled boughs. The animal approached the intruders on his pasture ground, at first slowly, pawing the ground with his hoof, bellowing from time to time, and tearing up the sand with his horns, as if to lash himself up to rage and violence.

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The Arizona Republican, who first served on the city council in the 1990s, has seen a change in the ferocity of the attacks since the rise of social media.

Source: tatoeba (8212721)

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