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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ferocity

Philadelphia’s 40-22 triumph over Kansas City—the Chiefs tacked on two late touchdowns to make the point difference barely respectable—was a stunning display of offensive firepower and defensive ferocity. —Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025

Real-life inspired, set in early ‘90s Belfast, a coming-of-age tale in which a young British paratrooper has to choose between the ferocity of military life and the euphoria of the burgeoning rave scene which unites Catholic and Protestants teens. —John Hopewell, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025

Those things should be attacked with the same ferocity as alcohol. —Jessi Roti, Bon Appétit, 20 Feb. 2025

Eruptions of size and ferocity are associated with a variety of long-term characteristics. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025