Definitions for ferocious

ferocious fe·ro·cious

Spelling: [fuh-roh-shuh s]
IPA: /fəˈroʊ ʃəs/

Ferocious is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 319 anagrams from letters in ferocious (cefioorsu).

Definitions for ferocious

adjective

  1. savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel:
  2. extreme or intense:

Origin of ferocious

1640-50; Latin ferōc-, stem of ferōx savage, fierce (fer(us) wild (see feral1, fierce) + -ōx having such an appearance; akin to

Examples for ferocious

All of this is playing out against a backdrop of ferocious political rivalries and discord in the capital of Sanaa.

Instead they operated out of a vast network of tunnels, and the combat was as ferocious as any the IDF has seen for many years.

I saw a faint, sweet glimmer of the ferocious protector he once was.

The Moors now rushed on them from all parts with a ferocious joy.

And if her ferocious beast of a father lost his treasure, it was his own fault.

So, only when you have spiraling matter down do you get these ferocious, black hole jets.

The man behind the desk is a fictional character—a ferocious patriot exposing the limits of rigid ideology.

I did not know what that dish was, but the ferocious reporter continued his questions.

The tenderness, the devotedness of his mother had instilled into him an egotism that was ferocious.

Every fresh attack made them more suspicious and ferocious than before.

Word Value for ferocious
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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