Synonyms of ferocity

ferocity

noun

as in brutality

a very fierce or violent quality; the quality or state of being ferocious

the ferocity of the attack

The ferocity of the backlash took them by surprise.

Related Words

• brutality
• cruelty
• ferociousness
• murderousness
• fierceness
• savagery
• grimness
• savageness
• barbarity
• viciousness
• inhumanity
• heartlessness
• ruthlessness
• sadism
• fiendishness
• spitefulness
• cruelness
• mercilessness
• atrocity
• truculence
• meanness
• pitilessness
• fellness
• barbarousness
• inhumanness
• bloodthirstiness
• wantonness
• bloodlust
• malevolence
• unfeelingness
• sanguinity
• atrociousness
• malignity
• maliciousness
• hatefulness
• hard-heartedness
• oppressiveness
• harshness
• sanguineness
• cattiness
• despitefulness
• nastiness
• heavy-handedness
• hardhandedness

Dissimilar Words

• tenderness
• warmth
• warmness
• mercy
• pity
• clemency
• leniency
• sympathy
• compassion
• warmheartedness
• humanity
• kindness
• humaneness
• charitableness
• mercifulness
• benignity
• tenderheartedness
• kindheartedness
• good-heartedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ferocity

But its ferocity led right-wing broadcasters and influencers to start talking about a new kind of urban lawlessness enabled by liberal social policies. — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

But the forechecking winger should bring some ferocity to their fourth line, though his physical nature can get him into hot water with the NHL. — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 30 June 2026

The ferocity of the sun served as another inspiration for Lin. — Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026

In contrast, de la Espriella has promised ferocity. — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 22 June 2026