Ferocious
adjective
Extremely violent, severe, or aggressive.
The lion is one of the most ferocious animals in the world.
Often appears as...
- ferocious attack
- ferocious competitor
adjective
Intensely eager or enthusiastic.
She has a ferocious appetite for reading.
Often appears as...
- ferocious appetite
- ferocious desire
adjective
Extremely violent, severe, or aggressive.
The lion is one of the most ferocious animals in the world.
Often appears as...
- ferocious attack
- ferocious competitor
adjective
Intensely eager or enthusiastic.
She has a ferocious appetite for reading.
Often appears as...
- ferocious appetite
- ferocious desire
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word often implies something negative, like danger or harm.
The ferocious storm left the coastline in ruins.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for People
Rarely used to describe people unless it's about their actions or behavior.
The debater was ferocious in presenting his arguments.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Expression
Often used to exaggerate characteristics for effect.
They faced a ferocious defense on the football field.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word often implies something negative, like danger or harm.
The ferocious storm left the coastline in ruins.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for People
Rarely used to describe people unless it's about their actions or behavior.
The debater was ferocious in presenting his arguments.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Expression
Often used to exaggerate characteristics for effect.
They faced a ferocious defense on the football field.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word often implies something negative, like danger or harm.
The ferocious storm left the coastline in ruins.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for People
Rarely used to describe people unless it's about their actions or behavior.
The debater was ferocious in presenting his arguments.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Expression
Often used to exaggerate characteristics for effect.
They faced a ferocious defense on the football field.
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Discovering Wildlife in...
It tends to live around decaying plant matter. So places like this are amazing for it because it's a ferocious predator. So that's where it likes to hunt all of its invertebrates. It's very quick, and it's also got a couple of defence mechanisms and threat displays so it can raise up its abdomen a bit like a scorpion, it does a scorpion like pose, and that's to intimidate its predators.
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The extraordinary lives...
ox literally the terrifying ferocious leech and there are a bunch of cases of this that happened around the world there was one that we encountered from Peru where there is a young boy who had a leech that was stuck up in his nostril this is an endoscope going up to the back of the sinuses there and if you
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Do we really need...
Records from thousands of years ago suggest that humans actively burned some of their crops after harvest to rid them of pests. There's even evidence from ancient times that we recruited other insects to help. In 300 A.D., Chinese farmers specially bred ferocious predatory ants
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What really matters at...
in what life you have left, like that snowball lasting for a perfect moment, all the while melting away. If we love such moments ferociously, then maybe we can learn to live well -- not in spite of death, but because of it.
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Monitor Lizard vs. Croc...
the half-pound water hiccup as a small African bird has formed a mutual defense pact with a slightly larger animal the ferocious half-ton Nile crocodile you can imagine how the croc might protect
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The Planet Earth...
the attack is on to intimidate their opponents the aggressive scream and drum on butter fruits several males corner an enemy female it's a ferocious attack and she's lucky to escape with her life
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Croc vs. Monitor Lizard...
defense pact with a slightly larger animal the ferocious half-ton Nile crocodile you can imagine how the croc might protect the digger but what can a bird do for the croc this hungry monitor
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The surprising reasons...
Imagine you’re being attacked by a ferocious predator. With no chance of escape, you do what any courageous, self-respecting possum would curl into an immobile state called catatonia,
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Antlion Death Trap PIPE...
species can be found in warm regions around the world these Lions have ferocious jaws only these jaws are hollow allowing it to suck the life
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Chimpanzee Cannibalism PIPE...
Several males corner an enemy female. It's a ferocious attack and she's lucky to escape with her life.
Video examples
Discovering Wildlife in...
It tends to live around decaying plant matter. So places like this are amazing for it because it's a ferocious predator. So that's where it likes to hunt all of its invertebrates. It's very quick, and it's also got a couple of defence mechanisms and threat displays so it can raise up its abdomen a bit like a scorpion, it does a scorpion like pose, and that's to intimidate its predators.
Video examples
The extraordinary lives...
ox literally the terrifying ferocious leech and there are a bunch of cases of this that happened around the world there was one that we encountered from Peru where there is a young boy who had a leech that was stuck up in his nostril this is an endoscope going up to the back of the sinuses there and if you
Video examples
Do we really need...
Records from thousands of years ago suggest that humans actively burned some of their crops after harvest to rid them of pests. There's even evidence from ancient times that we recruited other insects to help. In 300 A.D., Chinese farmers specially bred ferocious predatory ants
Video examples
What really matters at...
in what life you have left, like that snowball lasting for a perfect moment, all the while melting away. If we love such moments ferociously, then maybe we can learn to live well -- not in spite of death, but because of it.
Video examples
Monitor Lizard vs. Croc...
the half-pound water hiccup as a small African bird has formed a mutual defense pact with a slightly larger animal the ferocious half-ton Nile crocodile you can imagine how the croc might protect
Video examples
The Planet Earth...
the attack is on to intimidate their opponents the aggressive scream and drum on butter fruits several males corner an enemy female it's a ferocious attack and she's lucky to escape with her life
Video examples
Croc vs. Monitor Lizard...
defense pact with a slightly larger animal the ferocious half-ton Nile crocodile you can imagine how the croc might protect the digger but what can a bird do for the croc this hungry monitor
Video examples
The surprising reasons...
Imagine you’re being attacked by a ferocious predator. With no chance of escape, you do what any courageous, self-respecting possum would curl into an immobile state called catatonia,
Video examples
Antlion Death Trap PIPE...
species can be found in warm regions around the world these Lions have ferocious jaws only these jaws are hollow allowing it to suck the life
Video examples
Chimpanzee Cannibalism PIPE...
Several males corner an enemy female. It's a ferocious attack and she's lucky to escape with her life.
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Lake Bell
American Actress
Before you have kids, you're like, 'I hope I don't die on this plane,' or, 'I hope I don't die crossing the street.' It's all me, me, me. 'What do I want to eat? What do I want to do?' But when you have a baby, and you would just happily stand in front of a bus to save her, it's a ferocious commitment to protecting your charge.
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Karen Black
American Actress
I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people.
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Isabel Allende
Chilean Writer
I have not changed; I am still the same girl I was fifty years ago and the same young woman I was in the seventies. I still lust for life, I am still ferociously independent, I still crave justice, and I fall madly in love easily.
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Antony Starr
New Zealander Actor
No one in 'Banshee' has small opinions. They have strong beliefs, and they will defend them ferociously. Having that element in the show just adds another level. It's another avenue for story, and it enriches the world.
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Ndamukong Suh
American Athlete
I think any football is a guy that is able to one, be able to be humble and hungry off the field, but at the same time on the football field understand what they have to get done and be a little bit ferocious.
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Munshi Premchand
Indian Writer
Secrets of the past! Who does not wish to keep the past locked in a cage like a ferocious beast? The rich are sleepless for fear of thieves. The respectable have to guard their reputations in the same way.
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George R. R. Martin
American Author
There was part of me that wanted to see the world and travel to distant places, but I could only do it in my imagination, so I read ferociously and imagined things.
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Ol Parker
Being a teenager anyway is incredibly intense and every moment is invested with ferocious importance.
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Ovid
Roman Poet
Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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Alycia Debnam-Carey
Australian Actress
The 100' has such ferociously passionate fans.
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Lake Bell
American Actress
Before you have kids, you're like, 'I hope I don't die on this plane,' or, 'I hope I don't die crossing the street.' It's all me, me, me. 'What do I want to eat? What do I want to do?' But when you have a baby, and you would just happily stand in front of a bus to save her, it's a ferocious commitment to protecting your charge.
Quote examples
Karen Black
American Actress
I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people.
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Isabel Allende
Chilean Writer
I have not changed; I am still the same girl I was fifty years ago and the same young woman I was in the seventies. I still lust for life, I am still ferociously independent, I still crave justice, and I fall madly in love easily.
Quote examples
Antony Starr
New Zealander Actor
No one in 'Banshee' has small opinions. They have strong beliefs, and they will defend them ferociously. Having that element in the show just adds another level. It's another avenue for story, and it enriches the world.
Quote examples
Ndamukong Suh
American Athlete
I think any football is a guy that is able to one, be able to be humble and hungry off the field, but at the same time on the football field understand what they have to get done and be a little bit ferocious.
Quote examples
Munshi Premchand
Indian Writer
Secrets of the past! Who does not wish to keep the past locked in a cage like a ferocious beast? The rich are sleepless for fear of thieves. The respectable have to guard their reputations in the same way.
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George R. R. Martin
American Author
There was part of me that wanted to see the world and travel to distant places, but I could only do it in my imagination, so I read ferociously and imagined things.
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Ol Parker
Being a teenager anyway is incredibly intense and every moment is invested with ferocious importance.
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Ovid
Roman Poet
Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
Quote examples
Alycia Debnam-Carey
Australian Actress
The 100' has such ferociously passionate fans.
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