ferocity
nounHow to pronounce ferocity:
Definition of ferocity:
- ferocity (noun):
- the quality or state of being ferocious
- the property of being wild or turbulent.
- the state of being barbaric or barbarous
Synonyms for ferocity:
atrocity
barbarity
barbarousness
bloodthirstiness
brutality
cruelness
cruelty
fellness
ferociousness
fiendishness
fierceness
furiousness
fury
grimness
heartlessness
inhumanity
inhumanness
intensity
meanness
mercilessness
murderousness
pitilessness
rapacity
ruthlessness
sadism
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