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FEROCIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ferociousness mean?
• FEROCIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun FEROCIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the trait of extreme cruelty
Familiarity information: FEROCIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of extreme cruelty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
brutality; ferociousness; savagery; viciousness
Hypernyms ("ferociousness" is a kind of...):
cruelness; cruelty; harshness (the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance)
Derivation:
ferocious (marked by extreme and violent energy)
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