ferocious

(fə-rō'shəs)
adj.

1. Extremely savage; fierce. See synonyms at cruel.
2. Marked by unrelenting intensity; extreme: ferocious heat.

[From Latin ferōx, ferōc-, fierce.]

ferociously fe·ro'cious·ly adv.
ferociousness fe·ro'cious·ness n.

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adjective

1. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, bestial, cruel, fell², feral, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious, wolfish. See kind/cruel.
2. So intense as to cause extreme suffering: cruel, fierce, savage, vicious. See help/harm/harmless, kind/cruel.

adj

Definition: violent, barbaric
Antonyms: gentle, innocent, kind, mild, nonviolent, tame, tender

IN BRIEF: Fiercely or savagely.

The mountain goats fought ferociously by banging their horns together.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vild, glubsk, rasende, voldsom

Nederlands (Dutch)
woest, verschrikkelijk

Français (French)
adj. - rude, sauvage, féroce

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wild, grimmig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άγριος, θηριώδης

Italiano (Italian)
feroce

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - feroz

Русский (Russian)
свирепый, жестокий, ужасный, невыносимый, нестерпимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - salvaje, feroz, fiero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vildsint, glupande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
残忍的, 凶猛的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 殘忍的, 兇猛的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 흉포한, 사나운, 엄청난

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - どう猛な, 残忍な, 猛烈な, 獰猛な, 狂暴な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ضار , مؤذي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אכזרי, פראי‬

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