ferocity

[fuh-ros-i-tee]

noun

1. a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.

Other Word Forms

• nonferocity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ferocity¹

1600–10; < Latin ferōcitās, equivalent to ferōc-, stem of ferōx ferocious + -itās -ity

Example Sentences

Freedman and former players including Carlos Vela have credited Cherundolo’s success to his laid-back California cool, which stands in stark contrast to Bradley’s old-school ferocity.

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She stabbed the hairpins into her bun with a great deal more ferocity than usual.

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After feasting on a diet of meatballs at home, they are then faced with curveballs and sliders that move with far more ferocity as soon as they go on the road.

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Here, Shepard publicly wrestled with every demon that family delivered, sorting through toxic masculinity with a rare intelligence and ferocity, determined to, as he said, “destroy the idea of the family drama.”

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It is grim evidence of Hurricane Melissa's ferocity - it was the strongest storm to strike the Caribbean island in modern history.

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