FELLNESS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

fellness

noun

Definition of fellness

as in ferocity

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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

The beauty of the landscape will sit alongside the cruelty unfolding among the characters.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
Florida law has specific statutory provisions that address feral and free-ranging cats, which are considered domestic animals under state law that are protected by the animal cruelty statutes.

— Michael L. Hyman, Miami Herald, 23 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

Others are inclined to rank evils according to the amount of savagery evident in the perpetrator, not to the damage inflicted on the world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Despite Abby’s savagery, Hall saw a unique reflection of the character and the title killers in the series.

— William Earl, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of savagery

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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