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fellness

noun

Definition of fellnessnext
as in ferocity

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  1. ferocity
  2. cruelty
  3. grimness
  4. savagery
  5. sadism
  6. barbarity
  7. ferociousness
  8. fierceness
Noun
  • His memories of it are shaped by the ferocity of the terraces.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Brown, 29, is as famous for his off-court fearlessness as his on-court ferocity.
    — David Katz, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ferocity
Noun
  • Dillard’s work, though not exclusively about nature, often focused on the natural world, the cruelty and beauty of both flora and fauna, narrowing in on the extremity of the biological systems surrounding us.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
  • They had initially been arrested two months ago on misdemeanor animal cruelty charges.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of cruelty
Noun
  • The most tonally bizarre Apes movie ruminates on that question with a mixture of money-saving light comedy and mic-drop grimness.
    — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Once the story gathers everyone into the house and lets the mayhem start in earnest, an overall feeling of Gothic grimness and rotting-corpse griminess takes hold.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026
Definition of grimness
Noun
  • The entire attack lasted less than a minute, but the bear’s savagery resulted in horrible wounds to McCoy.
    — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
  • As our conversation shows, the flip side of his savagery is his generosity.
    — Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of savagery
Noun
  • Lagioia’s book goes into disturbing detail about what came next; suffice it to say that Luca’s murder tested the bounds of sadism.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026
  • This wouldn’t be a Reacher adventure without a soupçon of sadism.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of sadism
Noun
  • What wasn’t new was the continuation of the kind of barbarity that dominated conflicts of recent memory, from Cambodia to Rwanda.
    — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The report comes as the RSF lays siege to El Obeid, where analysts say similar barbarity is imminent.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of barbarity
Noun
  • The ferociousness of the defending champs can be, has been, overwhelming for most.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • Here, sea level rise is accelerating at some of the most extreme rates on Earth, while hurricanes increasingly are swirling ashore with an unprecedented ferociousness.
    — Amy Green, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Definition of ferociousness
Noun
  • Curled up in a chair on the top floor of The Times’ offices in El Segundo, looking down on the runways of LAX boiling in the late July sun, Williams gives runway fierceness against the beige office walls.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The actress cranked the fierceness all the way up while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on July 30.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 31 July 2026
Definition of fierceness
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