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# ferocious

«ferocious» in Mova's school dictionary: **fierce, wild and dangerous: a ferocious dog** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (ferocious, more ferocious)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ferocious means fierce, wild and dangerous: a ferocious dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferocious/#m1)

2) A ferocious look is angry and frightening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferocious/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a fierce beast, giant or fight

### examples

- The wolf had ferocious teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferocious/#x1)
- Despite his ferocious looks, he was gentle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferocious/#x2)
- The ferocious animals were locked below deck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferocious/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ferocious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferocious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.