FEROCIOUSNESS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

ferociousness

noun

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as in ferocity

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Recent Examples of ferociousness 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

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Noun

The Chicago native — who in recent years has faced backlash over his antisemitic remarks — removed his mask and continued to perform with seemingly more ferocity than his own recent headlining concerts.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026
His memories of it are shaped by the ferocity of the terraces.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of ferocity

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

Noun

As attendees, including Ariana DeBose and Patricia Clarkson, tucked into sweet Forelle pears and a main course of Branzino, the atmosphere was decidedly more serene than the savagery witnessed earlier on stage.

— Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of savagery

Noun

McKinsey was charged in Alameda County with one count of cruelty to a child and corporal injury to a child, both misdemeanors.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Almost a decade later in its Broadway debut, it’s lost none of that, and White’s production — perhaps inevitably given the arc of those passing years — adds sharpness to its cruelties and weight to its grief.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026

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