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ferocity

UK/fəˈɹɒsɪti//fəˈɹɑsɪti/

ferocity noun: the condition of being ferocious.

Noun

ferocity (countable and uncountable, plural ferocities)

  1. The condition of being ferocious.
    • Near-synonyms: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence
    • Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18—, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 4, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

ferocity meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam

ferocity in Hindi

The condition of being ferocious
क्रूरता krūrtā

ferocity in Urdu

وحشت پن

ferocity in Malayalam

കൗര്യം, ഉഗ്രത, രൗദ്രത, നൈഷ്ഠൂര്യം

Examples of ferocity in a sentence

  • Some nerve! Off with their heads! shouted the master of ceremonies with mock ferocity, while the audience laughed.
  • Huntingdon's ferocity makes the reaction of staff all the more brave.
  • And if so, is there any connection between their manelessness and their ferocity?

All 24 example sentences with ferocity

Synonyms of ferocity

All synonyms of ferocity

Forms of ferocity

pluralferocities

Origin of ferocity

Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).

Words formed from ferocity

Words that rhyme with ferocity

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Questions about ferocity

What does ferocity mean?
Ferocity means the condition of being ferocious.
What is ferocity in Hindi?
Ferocity in Hindi is क्रूरता (krūrtā). See Ferocity meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ferocity?
Ferocity is a noun.
How do you pronounce ferocity?
Ferocity is pronounced /fəˈɹɑsɪti/ (US).
What is the plural of ferocity?
The plural of ferocity is ferocities.

Words near ferocity in the dictionary

  1. Fero
  2. ferocious
  3. ferociously
  4. ferociousness
  5. ferocities
  6. ferocity
  7. Ferodale
  8. feroher
  9. ferohers
  10. feromone
  11. feromones

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ferocity (page history and authors); ferocity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ferocity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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