ferocity

[fe·ro·cious]

Ferocity is the state of being ferocious wild, scary, and fierce. A five year old girl pretending to be a lion will display her ferocity by roaring and baring her teeth.

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Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.

Noun
the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm''s violence"


n.
Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.


Ferocity

Fe*roc"i*ty , n. [L. ferocitas, fr. ferox, -ocis, fierce, kin to ferus wild: cf. F. ferocit'82. See Fierce.] Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.
The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief.

Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.

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Usage Examples

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it grants to our sense of smell by the ferocity with which it assails our sense of hearing.

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Other Usage Examples

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.

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