how to pronounce ferocious

/fɚˈoʊʃəs/

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ferocious is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of ferocious in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… something larger and more ferocious to …”

meanings of ferocious

adjective:

Extreme or intense.
Marked by extreme and violent energy.

ferocious frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ferocious occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ferocious can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ferocious can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;