🇬🇧🇨🇳 ferocious - 凶猛 : English Lesson

Meaning of "ferocious" ("凶猛"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Ferocious means very fierce, strong, or scary, like a wild animal that looks ready to fight, attack, or protect something. A ferocious creature might growl, bare its teeth, or charge forward, and it seems much too powerful to mess with.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Our ferocious guard dog barks at leaves, butterflies, and sometimes at his own tail.

Our cat gave the dog a single ferocious hiss, and the dog immediately remembered an appointment in another room.

The tiny kitten tried to look ferocious, but her biggest attack was falling asleep on my shoe.

My little brother makes a ferocious face when he’s hungry, so we throw snacks at him and run.

Sharks look ferocious with all those teeth, but most of them don’t want to eat people—they’d much rather snack on fish and mind their own business.

An old man dropped bread by the river. A ferocious mother fox stepped out, ferocious eyes fixed on him, ferocious pups behind her. Her ferocious snarl stopped his hand; a ferocious leap sent bread flying. The fox then nudged her pups and left. The man stood silent, heart quick, suddenly full of respect.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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