ferociousadjective
uk/fəˈrəʊ.ʃəs/us/fəˈroʊ.ʃəs/frightening and violent:
a ferocious dog
a ferocious battle
She's got a ferocious (= very bad) temper.
The president came in for some ferocious criticism.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggro
- all hell breaks loose idiom
- atrocious
- atrocity
- confrontation
- desperate
- forced
- forcible
- frenzied
- gay-basher
- gory
- hostile
- sabre-rattling
- savage
- savagely
- savagery
- steep
- steeped in blood idiom
- strong-arm
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ferociously
adverb uk/fəˈrəʊ.ʃəs.li/us/fəˈroʊ.ʃəs.li/
A female lion defends her young ferociously.
ferocity
noun [ U ] uk/fəˈrɒs.ə.ti/us/fəˈrɑː.sə.t̬i/also ferociousness,
The ferocity of the attack shocked a lot of people.