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ferine

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of ferine

having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal

the boxer's ferine ferocity in the ring is legendary

Synonyms of ferine

animalistic, beastly, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, feral, subhuman, swinish

Words Related to ferine

animal, bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, physical, sensual

barbaric, barbarous, cruel, heartless, inhumane, sadistic, savage, vicious, wanton

coarse, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, lowbred, rude, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, vulgar

Near Antonyms of ferine

chivalrous, elevated, gallant, great, greathearted, high, high-minded, lofty, lordly, magnanimous, noble, sublime

angelic (or angelical), spiritual

beneficent, benevolent, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, softhearted, tenderhearted

cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined, well-bred

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