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[ adjective ] marked by extreme and violent energy

Synonyms

fierce furious savage

Examples

"a ferocious beating" "fierce fighting" "a furious battle"

Used in print

(Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)

`` Of_course , I agree with the Captain '' , Gansevoort said thoughtfully , `` but the conspiracy is ferocious and desperate .

Related terms

violent

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Rhymes with

precocious herbaceous atrocious flirtatious pernicious infectious ceraceous fractious nauseous cautious confucius vicious fallacious facetious efficacious noxious gracious tendentious superstitious conscious audacious precious specious spacious rambunctious anxious vexatious loquacious judicious voracious ignatius fictitious vivacious factitious obnoxious subconscious unconscious malicious sebaceous seditious salacious repetitious suspicious propitious expeditious predaceous surreptitious tenacious delicious semiprecious ambitious capacious auspicious capricious nutritious ostentatious anxious injudicious pretentious conscientious unpretentious contentious overambitious

Phonetic and Homophones

F ER0 OW1 SH AH0 S

Similar Spelling

ferociously Ferocactus

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