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Here's the problem: I don't like who I've become when my iPhone is within reach. I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity - it's not a conscious act, but a reflexive one.
Josh Radnor

Meaning of "ferocity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FEROCITY

ferocity  [fəˈrɒsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEROCITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ferocity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FEROCITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ferocity in the English dictionary

The definition of ferocity in the dictionary is the quality of being fierce or violent. Other definition of ferocity is the quality of being angry, bitter, and determined.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FEROCITY


amorosity
ˌæməˈrɒsɪtɪ
atrocity
əˈtrɒsɪtɪ
generosity
ˌdʒɛnəˈrɒsɪtɪ
literosity
ˌlɪtəˈrɒsɪtɪ
microporosity
ˌmaɪkrəʊpɔːˈrɒsɪtɪ
morosity
məˈrɒsɪtɪ
numerosity
ˌnjuːməˈrɒsɪtɪ
operosity
ˌɒpəˈrɒsɪtɪ
overgenerosity
ˌəʊvəˌdʒenəˈrɒsɪtɪ
ponderosity
ˌpɒndəˈrɒsɪtɪ
ponderousness
ˌpɒndəˈrɒsɪtɪ
porosity
pɔːˈrɒsɪtɪ
reciprocity
ˌrɛsɪˈprɒsɪtɪ
scirrhosity
sɪˈrɒsɪtɪ
serosity
sɪˈrɒsɪtɪ
torosity
tɔːˈrɒsɪtɪ
tuberosity
ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪtɪ
ungenerosity
ˌʌnˌdʒɛnəˈrɒsɪtɪ
vaporosity
ˌveɪpəˈrɒsɪtɪ
vociferosity
vəˌsɪfəˈrɒsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEROCITY

fernless
fernlike
fernshaw
ferntickle
ferny
fernytickle
fernyticle
ferocious
ferociously
ferociousness
Ferrar
Ferrara
Ferrari
ferrate
ferredoxin
ferreous
ferret
ferret badger
ferreter
ferreting

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEROCITY

angular velocity
capacity
city
electricity
escape velocity
ethnicity
group velocity
high-velocity
hypervelocity
irreciprocity
modulus of elasticity
muzzle velocity
orbital velocity
phase velocity
precocity
radial velocity
simplicity
terminal velocity
velocity
wave velocity

Synonyms and antonyms of ferocity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FEROCITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ferocity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ferocity

Translation of «ferocity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEROCITY

Find out the translation of ferocity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ferocity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ferocity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

凶残
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ferocidad
570 millions of speakers

English

ferocity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्रूरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شراسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свирепость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ferocidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিংস্রতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

férocité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keganasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heftigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

どうもうさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사나움
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ferocity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô nhân đạo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முரட்டுத்தனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रूरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vahşilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ferocia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

okrucieństwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лютість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ferocitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγριότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wild
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vildhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

villskap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ferocity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEROCITY»

The term «ferocity» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.257 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEROCITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ferocity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ferocity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ferocity

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6 QUOTES WITH «FEROCITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ferocity.
1
Fred F. Fielding
It became evident to me that there was a very serious political element at work. I know that the term impeachment was bandied about. I do not believe, however, that the word was used with the ferocity it was more recently or that it was in the Nixon years.
2
John W. Gardner
All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.
3
Bharati Mukherjee
Bengalis love to celebrate their language, their culture, their politics, their fierce attachment to a city that has been famously dying for more than a century. They resent with equal ferocity the reflex stereotyping that labels any civic dysfunction anywhere in the world 'another Calcutta.'
4
Josh Radnor
Here's the problem: I don't like who I've become when my iPhone is within reach. I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity - it's not a conscious act, but a reflexive one.
5
Michael Servetus
The French are endowed with bigger limbs; those of the Spaniards are stronger; they have a very slim waist. The French fight with more ferocity than advise. The Spaniards the opposite.
6
George Bernard Shaw
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEROCITY»

Discover the use of ferocity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ferocity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ferocity
A huge catlike beast stalks the moors of rural Cornwall.
Stephen Laws, 2007
2
Ferocity Summer
Seventeen-year-old Scilla Davis has a drug-addicted best friend, a drug-dealing almost-boyfriend, and huge legal troubles of her own but hesitates to help an FBI agent eager to catch Randy's supplier of the fad drug, Ferocity, despite his ...
Alissa Grosso, 2012
3
The Limits of Ferocity: Sexual Aggression and Modern ...
DIVA powerful critique of the revolutionary mentality and sexual aggression represented in the works of authors including D. H. Lawrence, Georges Bataille, Henry Miller, and Norman Mailer./div
Daniel Fuchs, 2011
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The Mindless Ferocity of Sharks: A Novel
This is a mesmerising read u beautifully imagined - very reminiscent of Winton, Faulkner and Carson McCullers and heralds Brett D'Arcy as a major new literary voice.
Brett D'Arcy, 2002
5
Psychology and Nihilism: A Genealogical Critique of the ...
For example, the account assumes that our possession of "abstract ferocity" in semantic memory allows us to identify and compare ferocity in the group of attributes we call wolf and the same property in the group of attributes we call man.
Fred J. Evans, 1993
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Ferocity
She tricks Michael into sending her to serve Master Dante. She plans on hurting Dante, but first she must find out in what way would hurt him the most. Ferocity is another exciting addition to Justus Roux's Master Series.
Justus Roux, 2012
7
Dharma Friends
Fathers, in fear of inherent ferocity, often attempt to dominate and control their bodies, psyches, and external reality with rage and so try to dominate the arising rages in their sons in this same way. Fear and anger appear to be the dominant ...
Anna M. Cox, 2002
8
Kaitlyn, Chelsea and Ferocity of Spirit: Reminders on Bullying
Chelsea falls victim to three school bullies. This story speaks to what bullying is, and is not, and to the concepts of righteous indignation, ferocity of spirit, and 'victim no more'.
‎2007
9
The Four Immeasurables
It's a passion, a flame that could equally express itself in compassion, or in a passionate love, or even in ferocity, but without the malignant distortion of hatred. There is a place for ferocity in Tibetan Buddhism, but it is perhaps the most ...
B. Alan Wallace
10
The Book of Shipwrecks, and Narratives of Maritime ...
FEROCITY OF THE POLAR BEAR. The annals of the north are filled with accounts of the most perilous and fatal conflicts with the Polar Bear. The first and one of the most tragical, was sustained by Bareutz and Heemskerke, in 1596, during ...
‎1840

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEROCITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ferocity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: 'JurassAttack!'
Each card has an attack strength (Ferocity) at the top corner, a point value at the bottom right, and some tally marks indicating how many of that ... «GeekDad, Jul 15»
2
Glimpsing Modernity in the Mediterranean
... kind,” he also learns of a priest whose attempted extortion by a duplicitous banditti leads to a fratricidal honor killing of “barbarous ferocity.”. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
Carli Lloyd and the World Cup-winning US women's soccer team …
The truth is that this is a team loaded with soccer rock stars, and for all of Lloyd's indomitable will and ferocity, its greatest attribute might be the ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Coach's Take: Lakers Summer League
He attacks the game with a ferocity and with an explosiveness. He's a very capable shooter. If anything, I would like to see him expand and use ... «Lakers.com, Jul 15»
5
What It's Like To Be Happy On The Outside, But Hopelessly Sad Inside
Anxiety is like taking a handful of dirty speed: Your senses become heightened, your heart thumps with such an elevated ferocity — the littlest of ... «Elite Daily, Jul 15»
6
Deirdre Gogarty to enter International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame
Not only did their six-round war far outshine the main event, the ferocity of the bout and the skill and heart showed by the fighters in the ... «The Daily Advertiser, Jul 15»
7
10 (Progressive) Things South Carolinians Can Be Proud Of Instead …
... the “Carolina Gamecock” because of his ferocity in battle — a term that lives on as the mascot of the University of South Carolina to this day. «ThinkProgress, Jul 15»
8
How to respond to the hatred
This is not the slightest surprise, as I and many others have been warning for some time now, but the ferocity and ugliness of it is still shocking, ... «OneNewsNow, Jul 15»
9
Veruca Salt, 'Ghost Notes'
When the Chicago foursome Veruca Salt burst into the rock world 20-ish years ago, it quickly became known for its ferocity. The title of the ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
10
Mitski delivers raw San Francisco concert debut
She performed the song with little of the ferocity and dirty feedback that made it the highlight of the album, sending out a false alarm that the rest ... «Daily Californian, Jul 15»

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