ferociousness

Synonyms for ferociousness

noun ferocity

noun. ferocity

noun. intensity

1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox "fierce, wild-looking" (see ferocity). Related: Ferociously; ferociousness.

You are radically polite; this impetuosity and ferociousness is simply the sincerity which is the basis of a proper deportment.

The brutality of the police, equalled in ferociousness the massacre of the Yeomanry Cavalry.

There was ferociousness in the heart of the Indian, but Grace's voice had stayed his hand.

His personal misfortunes will prove the anarchy of the government and the ferociousness of the times.

There was a fascination in his manner that made the ferociousness of his antagonist subside into impotence.

The expression of his face rapidly changed from a look of entreaty to that of ferociousness.