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

The ferocity of the Israeli offensive, which has been bolstered by advanced technologies and a strategy of total war that flattens and depopulates neighborhoods and cities, will significantly alter the balance of power in the Middle East. —Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024

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