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 key there was the offseason addition for the Gators, Florida Atlantic transfer guard Alijah Martin, who hounded Tennessee star Zakai Zeigler and gives the Gators something similar to what Zeigler has given the Vols for four seasons — relentless ferocity. —Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025

Some places are warming with more ferocity than expected. —Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025

The ferocity of the Ashes challenge down under needs a strong character who can handle himself in the furnace. —Tim Ellis, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024

Between 1948 and 1955, according to a history compiled by the Mayo Clinic, the virus spread with such ferocity that parents kept their children away from swimming pools, public gatherings, cinemas and even schools. —Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024