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US
/fɝˈoʊʃəs/
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[ UK /fəɹˈəʊʃəs/ ]
[ UK /fəɹˈəʊʃəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
marked by extreme and violent energy
a furious battle
a ferocious beating
fierce fighting
How To Use ferocious In A Sentence
- White-knuckled, she gripped the clacking needles so ferociously she could have knitted the booties in gale force winds and they still would have turned out ankle-stranglers. First
- Its heroes were beastly revellers or cruel and ferocious plunderers; its heroines unsexed hoidens, playing the ugliest tricks with their lovers, and repaying slights with bloody revenge, -- very dangerous and unsatisfactory companions for any other than the fire - eating Vikings and redhanded, unwashed Berserkers. The Conflict with Slavery and Others, Complete, Volume VII, The Works of Whittier: the Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life and Criticism
- No whimper, nor sound, nor sign of fear, came from Jerry — only choking growls of ferociousness, intermingled with snarls of anger, and a belligerent up-clawing of hind-legs. CHAPTER XVI
- The ferocious battle for good schools and good universities is so expensive and emotionally draining that no parent would want to endure it twice. Times, Sunday Times
- He is also tall, good-looking and ferociously lucky. Times, Sunday Times
- Sustained rain and ferocious winds caused severe weather conditions across Cumbria overnight on Friday, some of the worst the region has seen for decades.
- The Democrat convention has set the scene for a ferocious election campaign this autumn.
- She looked less ferocious and was actually smiling brightly at us.
- For a while now a ferocious battle has been going on for the soul of our bit of London. Times, Sunday Times
- They tackle ferociously, hit the rucks hard and pass beautifully. Times, Sunday Times