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fe·ro·cious
 ferocious
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- pronunciation:
- f
ro
shs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
cruelly savage; fierce.
- synonyms:
- brutal, fierce, savage, truculent, vicious
- antonyms:
- gentle, mild, tame
- similar words:
- bestial, bloodthirsty, feral, sanguinary, violent, wild
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| definition 2: |
extremely intense, strong, or violent.
a ferocious storm- synonyms:
- brutal, fierce, violent
- antonyms:
- gentle
- similar words:
- harsh, intense, severe, strong
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| related words: |
barbarian, barbarous, brutal, brute, cruel, inhuman, rampant |
adverb + (adj.)ferocious
increasingly, most, under
(adj.)ferocious
+ noun
anger,
animal,
appetite,
artillery,
assault,
attack,
barrage,
battle,
bear,
beast,
blast,
blizzard,
bombardment,
bombing,
breed,
champion,
cock,
combat,
competition,
competitor,
concentration,
controversy,
counterattack,
crack,
creature,
curiosity,
debate,
defense,
dinosaur,
dog,
dragon,
energy,
fight,
fighter,
fighting,
gang,
glare,
grip,
heat,
hit,
hurricane,
independence,
inflation,
intensity,
lion,
monster,
mosquito,
noise,
opponent,
opposition,
passion,
predator,
reaction,
resistance,
savage,
snarl,
storm,
struggle,
swing,
temper,
thunderstorm,
tiger,
warrior,
wave,
wind,
wolf
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| derivations: |
ferociously (adv.), ferociousness (n.) |
The word ferocious
contains the following part:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
  More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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