adjective
definition
Marked by extreme and violent energy.
definition
Extreme or intense.
Examples of ferocious in a Sentence
The stories of his ferocious savagery exceed belief.
After a ferocious contest, the Danes were practically annihilated.
They fought with the grey swords, combining the sword dance with hand-to-hand combat moves for a ferocious battle that surprised her.
In the early part of his reign he appears, in agreement with the Turkish sultan and the king of Poland, turning out the Hungarian vassal, the ferocious Vlad, from the Walachian throne, and annexing the coast cities of Kilia and Cetatea Alba or Byelgorod, the Turkish Akkerman.
For ferocious cats, you can find panthers, tigers, lions, and wildcats.
The people of the south-east peninsula are generally far from ferocious.
Even the Merlion is bathed in light, making it look especially ferocious.
The program allows children to explore Albert`s house, play hide-and-seek and to rescue Albert from the ferocious cat.
I to heavy armor protected it from the most ferocious predators.
A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
He needs to search the island to find her, surviving through dense jungle, wild ferocious beasts and difficult obstacles.
The Bell Witch launched ferocious assaults against her victims, especially Betsy, who she repeatedly slapped and punched.
Less magical and ethereal than either Chinese or Japanese dragons, Western dragons (taken from the beliefs of the Middle Ages) were far more likely to be ferocious and menacing.
I fed BB some more - about 50th feed - and then made up stories about Maggie and the ferocious beast.
I am glad to hear reports about the ferocious female bullfinch.
It was the gaze, the ferocious, the triumph gaze, of the redeemed captive.
They are ferocious carnivores equipped with huge jaws to capture prey.
Can yon imagine the ferocious resistance which must have arisen to abolishing the old numbered regiments and replacing them by territorial designations?
So what can you do to develop equally ferocious agility?
Then it's about to face to unleash the fury, done with really impressive technical precision combined with a truly ferocious speed.
Global competition will become increasingly ferocious, with China's economy, alone, projected to triple in size over the next two decades.
Just after eight a particularly ferocious blast rips the tent apart.
By the time we reached the ridge the wind was so ferocious I could barely keep upright and progress was very slow.
It's so delicate yet so very ferocious, the mixture of DJ Shadow and The Deftones.
Instead, the governor, Edward Eyre, responded with the most ferocious repression.
Later travellers repeat the stories, too well founded, of the ferocious hostility of the people; of whom we may instance Cesare Federici (1569), whose narrative is given in Ramusio, vol.
His methods of conquest were ferocious and treacherous; but once the conquest was made he governed his subjects with firmness and justice, so that his rule was preferred to the anarchy of factions and local despots.
Oedipus is also the subject of an anonymous medieval romance (15th century), Le Roman d'Odipus, fils de Layus, in which the sphinx is depicted as a cunning and ferocious giant.
This ferocious legislation was expressly and summarily abrogated in 1830.
As Durga (so named from having slain the demon Durga) she is warlike and ferocious, and to her in this form are offered bloody sacrifices, and such ceremonies as the Durgapuja and Churrukpuga are held in her honour (see Kali).
The Texans had a good excuse for shooting him, as he conducted war in a ferocious way.
The same ferocious inflexibility animated Saint-Just with reference to the external policy of France.
Against the prevailing lawlessness Sixtus proceeded with an almost ferocious severity, which only extreme necessity could justify.
He was as ruthless and as incorrupt as Robespierre himself; he could be moved from his purpose neither by pity nor by bribes; nor was there in his cruelty any of that quality which made the ordinary Jacobin enrage by turns ferocious and sentimental.
In the chaotic state of France all ferocious and destructive passions found ample scope.
In Italy, during the emperor's absence, his cause had been upheld by Enzio and by the ferocious Eccelino da Romano.
The ferocious persecution in the lands of the Elector of Cologne remains particularly shadowy, despite some tantalizing hints about what was going on.
Although they never get as speedy and ferocious as the ones you guys have to deal with, continued rainfall tends to trigger landslides.
Adding zebra print comforters to your linen closet is one way to bring a sort of ferocious glamour to your bedroom's décor.
The zebra print is perhaps less "wild" than its more ferocious counterparts, but it is no less eye-catching.
Both American Staffordshire Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terrier bloodlines have been used to create what has come to be known as the "Pitbull type"; a muscular, stocky build, and strong ferocious jaws.
The ferocious reign of the industrialist and his accomplice the banker will be over" (Salardenne, p. 93).
Characterization of the band's sound remained elusive despite hints of heavy metal infused with a bluesy style, but the efficient and ferocious beat of Buck Dharma's guitar was the perfect driver for this new musical vehicle.
The roster of enemies has been updated as well with plenty of new baddies, including a ferocious looking green imp called the Vulgar and another monster that's an enhanced version of the original Hell Knight.
Dungeon Lords is a 3rd person, realtime role-playing PC game set in a fantasy world filled with ferocious animals, creatures, magic and powerful weapons.
The detail of the dense jungles, the ferocious appearances of the dinosaurs and Kong will blow you away.
From cuddly pandas to ferocious tigers, it's a jungle in here.
The Wildside collection offers animal print bikinis, but the look is actually more sweet than ferocious, thanks in large measure to the colors baby pink and grey blue.
James Randi Educational Foundation - A ferocious attack on the validity of the photos offering compelling thoughts on why they aren't real.
The battle was particularly ferocious, as the Lion could only be bested through physical combat - as no weapon would kill it.