ferocious

== English == === Etymology === Taken from Latin ferōx (“wild, bold, savage, fierce”) +‎ -ous. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /fəˈɹəʊʃəs/ (General American) IPA(key): /fəˈɹoʊʃəs/ Rhymes: -əʊʃəs === Adjective === ferocious (comparative more ferocious, superlative most ferocious) Marked by extreme and violent energy. Extreme or intense. ==== Synonyms ==== fierce ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ferity ferocity fierce feral ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “ferocious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ferocious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “ferocious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.