ferocity

American  

[fuh-ros-i-tee] / fəˈrɒs ɪ ti /

noun

1. a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.

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Other Word Forms

• nonferocity noun

Etymology

Origin of ferocity

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

Example Sentences

A flaming red rage rips through me, scorching hot, making me vibrate with a ferocity unlike anything I’ve felt before.

From Literature

“She was an actress, a wife, a sister, a mother, an aunt, a friend, and she took on all those rolls with grace and a kind ferocity,” Molly Schrader wrote in her post.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a simple but primal character motivation that Beetz sells with a wild-eyed ferocity.

From Los Angeles Times

It is not a new complaint - but it is being made with increasing regularity and ferocity in the House of Commons.

From BBC

But when hill walker Simon Lucas shared a photograph of the tradition on social media, he was unprepared for the ferocity of the response.

From BBC