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Synonyms for ferocities


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fuh-ros-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : fəˈrɒs ɪ ti

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Définition of ferocities

Origin :
  • c.1600, from French férocité, from Latin ferocitatem (nominative ferocitas) "fierceness," from ferocis, oblique case of ferox "wild, bold, courageous, warlike, fierce," literally "wild-looking," a derivative of ferus "wild" (see fierce) + -ox, -ocem (genitive -ocis), a suffix meaning "looking or appearing" (cognate with Greek ops "eye, sight").
  • As in inhumanity : noun lack of compassion
  • As in intensity : noun passion, force
  • As in rage : noun extreme anger
  • As in violence : noun extreme force, intensity
  • As in brutality : noun cruel treatment
  • As in irateness : noun fury
  • As in savagery : noun cruelty
  • As in truculence : noun cruelty
  • As in truculency : noun cruelty
  • As in vehemency : noun intensity
  • As in cruelty : noun brutality, harshness
  • As in fury : noun anger, wrath
  • As in heat : noun anger, passion
Example sentences :
  • The ferocities are sometimes prompted by personal vengeance.
  • Extract from : « The World of Homer » by Andrew Lang
  • Could it have expurgated these ferocities it would have done so.
  • Extract from : « The World of Homer » by Andrew Lang
  • An animal in her ferocities, her mute instincts, her supreme patience, her physical perfectness of body and of health.
  • Extract from : « Folle-Farine » by Ouida
  • The Indians were gentle and amiable in character, and naturally timid; with no taste for the ferocities of war.
  • Extract from : « Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi » by John S. C. Abbott
  • Manifestly these ferocities were de bonne guerre in the society to which Homer sang.
  • Extract from : « The World of Homer » by Andrew Lang
  • As he grovelled in the dust before Shalmaneser, did no memory of his own ferocities darken his humiliated soul?
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible » by F. W. Farrar
  • And it seemed too dreadful to her to associate that gentle spirit with all the ferocities and the carnage of a battlefield.
  • Extract from : « Westward Ho! » by Charles Kingsley

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