ferocious

English

Etymology

From Latin ferox (“wild, bold, savage, fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fəˈɹəʊʃəs/
• Rhymes: -əʊʃəs

Adjective

ferocious (comparative more ferocious, superlative most ferocious)

1. Marked by extreme and violent energy.
   • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, BBC Sport:

     Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.

2. Extreme or intense.

Synonyms

• fierce

Derived terms

• ferociously

Related terms

• ferity
• ferocity
• fierce
• feral

Translations

Marked by extreme and violent energy

• Armenian: վայրագ (hy) (vayrag)
• Bulgarian: див (bg) (div), свиреп (bg) (svirep)
• Chamicuro: pchajtoki
• Dutch: woest (nl), wild (nl)
• Esperanto: feroca (eo)
• Finnish: julma (fi), raivokas (fi), raivopäinen (fi)
• French: féroce (fr) m and f

• Greek: άγριος (el) (ágrios) m
• Hungarian: kegyetlen (hu)
• Ido: feroca (io)
• Polish: brutalny (pl) m, bestialski (pl) m, okrutny (pl) m
• Russian: свирепый (ru) (svirepyj) m
• Spanish: feroz (es)

External links

• ferocious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ferocious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• ferocious at OneLook Dictionary Search