Ferocity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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           The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ferocity
       n : the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's
           violence" [syn: {fierceness}, {furiousness}, {fury}, {vehemence},
            {violence}, {wildness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "ferocity":
     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