Need another word that means the same as “ferocity”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “ferocity” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Ferocity” are: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness, savagery, brutality, barbarity, aggression, bloodthirstiness, murderousness
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ferocity” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| aggression | A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack. His chin was jutting with aggression. |
| barbarity | Extreme cruelty or brutality. The barbarity of the act outraged millions. |
| bloodthirstiness | A disposition to shed blood. |
| brutality | Savage physical violence; great cruelty. Brutality against civilians. |
| fierceness | The property of being wild or turbulent. |
| furiousness | The property of being wild or turbulent. |
| fury | A surge of violent anger or other strong feeling. The fury of a gathering storm. |
| murderousness | Cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder. |
| savagery | The property of being untamed and ferocious. A crime of the utmost savagery. |
| vehemence | Intensity or forcefulness of expression. The vehemence of his reaction. |
| violence | The unlawful exercise of physical force or intimidation by the exhibition of such force. Screen violence. |
| wildness | An unruly disposition to do as one pleases. The wildness of his anger. |
| aggression | Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked. Territorial aggression between individuals of the same species. |
| aggressive | Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight. Aggressive drivers. |
| atrocity | A highly unpleasant or distasteful object. A textbook which detailed war atrocities. |
| barbarism | Absence of culture and civilization. The collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism. |
| brunt | Main force of a blow etc. Education will bear the brunt of the cuts. |
| brutal | Unpleasant or harsh. A brutal murder. |
| counterattack | Make a counterattack. |
| cruelty | Feelings of extreme heartlessness. She divorced my stepfather for persistent cruelty. |
| enraged | Very angry; furious. An enraged mob screamed abuse. |
| ferocious | Marked by extreme and violent energy. A ferocious headache. |
| fierce | Ruthless in competition. Fierce loyalty. |
| furious | Full of anger or energy; violent or intense. A furious battle. |
| fury | A surge of violent anger or other strong feeling. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. |
| inhuman | Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric. A babel of inhuman noises. |
| inhumanity | An act of atrocious cruelty. Man s inhumanity to man. |
| insensate | Without compunction or human feeling. A positively insensate hatred. |
| irate | Feeling or showing extreme anger. A barrage of irate letters. |
| oppression | A feeling of being oppressed. After years of oppression they finally revolted. |
| outrage | An action or event causing outrage. Her voice trembled with outrage. |
| rampage | (especially of a large group of people) move through a place in a violent and uncontrollable manner. Several thousand demonstrators rampaged through the city. |
| repression | The act of repressing; control by holding down. Children and adults pay a heavy price for their deep repression of thoughts about death. |
| ruthlessness | Mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity. The real world ruthlessness of business. |
| savage | Attack brutally and fiercely. Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged. |
| savagery | A brutal barbarous savage act. A craving for barbaric splendor for savagery and color and the throb of drums. |
| tantrum | A display of bad temper. She threw a tantrum. |
| tyranny | A state under cruel and oppressive government. The tyranny of the nine to five day. |
| violence | The property of being wild or turbulent. He may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one. |
| violent | Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violently fervid. Violent fiery colours. |
| wrath | Extreme anger. He hid his pipe for fear of incurring his father s wrath. |
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