ferocity
noun
[ fəˈrɒsɪti ]
• the state or quality of being ferocious.
• "the ferocity of the storm caught them by surprise"
Similar:
savagery,
brutality,
brutishness,
barbarity,
fierceness,
violence,
aggression,
bloodthirstiness,
murderousness,
ruthlessness,
cruelty,
pitilessness,
mercilessness,
heartlessness,
inhumanity,
sadism,
intensity,
severity,
extremity,
force,
strength,
ferity,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin ferocitas, from ferox, feroc- ‘fierce’.
