| Main Entry: | fierceness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ferocity |
Synonyms: |
barbarity, brutality, cruelness, depth, extreme, ferment, ferociousness, fervency, fervor, fury, intensity, pitch, savagery, severity, vehemence, vehemency, viciousness, violence, wildness |
| Main Entry: | ardor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
Synonyms: |
avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, feeling, fervor, fierceness, fire, gusto, heat, intensity, jazz, keenness, oomph, passion, pep talk, spirit, turn on, vehemence, verve, warmth, weakness*, zeal, zest, zing |
Antonyms: |
coldness, coolness, frigidity, indifference |
| Main Entry: | brutality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cruel treatment |
Synonyms: |
atrocity, barbarism, barbarity, bloodthirstiness, brutishness, choke hold, cruelty, ferocity, fierceness, grossness, inhumanity, ruthlessness, sadism, savageness, savagery, third degree, unfeelingness, viciousness |
Antonyms: |
gentleness, humaneness, kindness, niceness |
| Main Entry: | cruelty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brutality, harshness |
Synonyms: |
animality, barbarism, barbarity, bestiality, bloodthirstiness, brutishness, callousness, coarseness, coldness, depravity, despotism, ferocity, fiendishness, fierceness, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inhumanity, insensibility, insensitiveness, malice, malignity, masochism, mercilessness, murderousness, persecution, rancor, ruthlessness, sadism, savageness, savagery, severity, spite, spitefulness, torture, truculence, unfeelingness, unkindness, venom, viciousness, wickedness |
Antonyms: |
charity, compassion, consideration, feeling, gentility, kindness, mercy, niceness, thoughtfulness |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental power, energy |
Synonyms: |
ability, authority, bite*, capability, coercion, cogency, competence, determination, dominance, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, emphasis, fierceness, forcefulness, gumption, guts*, impressiveness, influence, intensity, intestinal fortitude, obligation, persistence, persuasiveness, point, pressure, puissance, punch, push, requirement, sapience, stress, validity, validness, vehemence, vigor, willpower |
Antonyms: |
incompetence, weakness |
| Main Entry: | fury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger, wrath |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acrimony, asperity, boiling point, conniption, energy, ferocity, fierceness, fire, flare-up, force, frenzy, furor, impetuosity, indignation, intensity, ire, madness, might, passion, power, rabidity, rage, rampancy, rise, savagery, severity, slow burn, sore, stew, storm*, tempestuousness, turbulence, vehemence, violence |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
Antonyms: |
calm, happiness, peace |
| Main Entry: | intensity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passion, force |
Synonyms: |
acuteness, anxiety, ardor, concentration, deepness, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, energy, excess, excitement, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferociousness, ferocity, fervency, fervor, fierceness, fire, force, forcefulness, fury, high pitch, intenseness, keenness, magnitude, might, nervousness, potency, power, severity, sharpness, strain, strength, tenseness, tension, vehemence, vigor, violence, volume, weightiness, wildness |
Antonyms: |
apathy, dullness, inactivity, laziness, lethargy, moderation |
| Main Entry: | violence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme force, intensity |
Synonyms: |
abandon, acuteness, assault, attack, bestiality, bloodshed, blowup, brutality, brute force, clash, coercion, compulsion, confusion, constraint, cruelty, destructiveness, disorder, disturbance, duress, ferocity, fervor, fierceness, fighting, flap, foul play, frenzy, fury, fuss, harshness, murderousness, onslaught, passion, power, raging, rampage, roughness, ruckus, rumble, savagery, severity, sharpness, storm, storminess, struggle, terrorism, tumult, turbulence, uproar, vehemence, wildness |
Antonyms: |
passivity, peace, peacefulness |
| Main Entry: | zeal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
Synonyms: |
alacrity, ardor, bustle, determination, devotion, diligence, dispatch, drive, eagerness, earnestness, enterprise, fanaticism, fervor, fierceness, fire, gusto, hustle, inclination, initiative, intensity, intentness, keenness, mania, passion, perseverance, push, readiness, sincerity, spirit, stick-to-itiveness, urgency, vehemence, verve, warmth, what-it-takes, yen, zest |
Antonyms: |
apathy, indifference, lethargy |
| Main Entry: | acuteness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intensity |
Synonyms: |
fierceness, forcefulness, severity |