ferocious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   marked by extreme and violent energy

   a ferocious beating

2. 2
   adj

   Marked by extreme and violent energy.

   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.

3. 3
   adj

   Extreme or intense.

Etymology

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