fierce, ferocious, barbarous, savage, cruel mean showing fury or malignity in looks or actions. fierce applies to humans and animals that inspire terror because of their wild and menacing aspect or fury …

If you describe actions or feelings as ferocious, you mean that they are intense and determined. Lindbergh was startled at the ferocious depth of anti-British feeling.

FEROCIOUS definition: savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel. See examples of ferocious used in a sentence.

She's got a ferocious (= very bad) temper. The president came in for some ferocious criticism.

1. savagely fierce or cruel; violently harsh; brutal: a ferocious beating. 2. extreme or intense: a ferocious thirst.

Definition of ferocious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. very aggressive or violent; very strong synonym savage. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers …

Characterized by or showing extreme aggressiveness or violence. A ferocious glare; ferocious claws.