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Word entry · 9 letters

ferocious

Best crossword clue

"Fierce"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /fəˈɹəʊʃəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cefioorsuStarts with FEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Fierce, violent, or intensely aggressive.

Word origin

Taken from Latin ferōx (“wild, bold, savage, fierce”) + -ous.

Used in a sentence

  • But it seemed to me that there were few faces like his, with the ferocious profile that brought to mind the Latin word rapax or one of Rouault's crazed death-dealing arbitrary kings.
  • Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.

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