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.

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of ferocity

As one of the few remaining independent music festivals in our neck of the woods, Levitation Fest preserves the raw ferocity of psych music's diaspora by bringing bands from across the globe for four nights: October 31 to November 3. —Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Oct. 2024

The ferocity of the twisters was also an unusual aspect of Milton. —Stephany Matat, Isabella O'Malley, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2024

Still, the winds were so strong that nearby flags blew with ferocity, and the kick would have been going into the wind. —Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2024

Overall, this fire season in California began with ferocity. —Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024