Ferocity, savagery, fierceness, brutalness

ETYM Icel. beita food, beit pasture, akin to AS. bât food, Swed. bete. Related to Bait.
(Homonym: bate).
1. Anything that serves as an enticement; SYN. come-on, hook, lure, sweetener.
2. Something used to lure victim into danger; SYN. decoy, lure.

ETYM Old Eng. coler, French colère anger, Latin cholera a bilious complaint, from Greek cholera, from chole bile. Related to Gall, Cholera.
(Homonym: collar).
Anger; bile.
(Archaic) Anger; ire.

ETYM Cf. as. cop, copp, head, top, Dutch kop, German kopf, kuppe, Late Lat. cuppa cup (cf. Eng. brainpan), and also w. cob tuft, spider, cop, copa, top, summit, cobio to thump. Related to Cop top, Cup.
1. dialect England; A rounded mass, lump, or heap; A mixture of unburnt clay and straw used especially for constructing walls of small houses in England.
2. A crudely struck old Spanish coin of irregular shape.

State of violent mental agitation; SYN. delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria.

ETYM Corrupted from dandruff.
A feeling of anger and animosity; SYN. hackles.

ETYM Pref. dis- + pleasure: cf. Old Fren. desplaisir, French déplaisir. Related to Displease.
The feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something.

1. A wood used especially for dagger hilts
2. A dagger with a handle of dudgeon
3. A haft made of dudgeon

ETYM Latin exasperatio: cf. French exaspération.
Actions that cause great irritation (or even anger).

ETYM Latin ferocitas, from ferox, -ocis, fierce, kin to ferus wild: cf. French ferocité. Related to Fierce.
The property of being wild or turbulent; SYN. fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness.

ETYM Old Eng. frenesie, fransey, French frénésie, Latin phrenesis, from Greek phrenesis for phrenitis disease of the mind, phrenitis, from phrhn mind. Related to Frantic, Phrenitis.
Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.

ETYM French frette a saltire, also a hoop, ferrule, prob. a dim. of Latin ferrum iron.
1. A small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch.
2. Agitation resulting from active worry; SYN. stew, sweat, lather, swither.
Inlaid ridge of ivory or metal, or a circlet of nylon, on the fingerboard of a plucked or bowed string instrument, against which a string is pressed to change pitch.

1. A smoke, vapor, or gas especially when irritating or offensive
2. An often noxious suspension of particles in a gas (as air)
3. Something (as an emotion) that impairs one's reasoning
4. A state of excited irritation or anger — usually used in the phrase in a fume

ETYM Italian.
Excitement; commotion; enthusiasm.

A feeling of intense anger; SYN. rage, madness.

Anger, rage, fury; exasperation; heat

ETYM From Mad.
1. The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.
2. Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly. SYN. Insanity; distraction; derangement; craziness; lunacy; mania; frenzy.
State of having a disordered mind; extreme folly or infatuation. Its synonym insanity is no longer used to mean psychosis but is used primarily in medical and legal contexts to refer to mental disorders in which patients cannot be held responsible for their actions.

ETYM French, from Latin passio, from pati, passus, to suffer. Related to Patient.
1. A feeling of strong sexual desire.
2. Strong feeling or emotion; SYN. passionateness.

ETYM French, from Latin rabies, from rabere to rave; cf. Skr. rabh to seize, rabhas violence. Related to Rabid, Rabies, Rave.
1. A state of extreme anger.
2. Something that is desired intensely; SYN. passion.
3. Violent state of the elements.

Violently angry and destructive behavior; SYN. violent disorder.

ETYM Latin vehementia: cf. French véhémence.
Intensity or forcefulness of expression: or; SYN. emphasis.

ETYM French, from Latin violentia. Related to Violent.
1. A turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.
2. An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); SYN. force.

ETYM Old Eng. wrathe, wraththe, wrethe, wraeththe, AS. wraeththo, from wrâth wroth; akin to Icel. reithi wrath. Related to Wroth.
1. Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins); SYN. anger, ire, ira.
2. Intense anger (usually on an epic scale).

1. Lacking import; SYN. purposeless, senseless.
2. Not having a point especially a sharp point; SYN. unpointed.

Having no rest; perpetually agitated; unable to sleep.

Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.

In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon; SYN. amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed.

Fierce; cruel; keen.

Undisturbed by dreams.

ETYM Latin ferox, -ocis, fierce: cf. French féroce. Related to Ferocity.
Marked by extreme and violent energy; SYN. fierce, furious, savage.

Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; fervid; SYN. tearing, vehement, violent.

ETYM Old Eng. frentik, frenetik, French frentique, Latin phreneticus, from Greek. Related to Frenzy, Frenetic, Phrenetic.
Excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion; SYN. frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied.

Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason; SYN. manic.

ETYM Latin furiosus, from furia rage, fury: cf. French furieux. Related to Fury.
1. Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.
2. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.

ETYM Latin iratus, from irasci to be angry. Related to Ire.
Feeling or showing extreme anger; SYN. ireful.

1. Deranged; crazy; insane.
2. Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, or passion
3. Extravagant; immoderate.
4. Furious with rage or anger.
5. Angry; out of patience; vexed
6. Rabid; afflicted with rabies

ETYM Latin rabidus, from rabere to rave. Related to Rage.
1. Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.
2. Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.
3. Affected with the disease called rabies.
4. Furious; raging; extremely violent.
Furious; fanatical; mad; pertaining to rabies.

ETYM French, p. pr. of ramper to creep. Related to Ramp.
1. Unrestrained and violent.
2. (Heraldry) Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; SYN. rearing.
Heraldic animal portrayed on its hind legs.
Heraldry, rearing up on hind legs; fierce; dominating; exuberant; unrestrained; rank; Architecture, having one abutment higher than other.

1. Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
2. Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; SYN. tough.

ETYM French, from Latin violentus, from vis strength, force; probably akin to Greek my- a muscle, strength.
1. Effected by force or injury rather than natural causes.
2. Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity.
3. (Of colors or sounds) Intensely vivid or loud; SYN. wild.

Wakeful; indisposed to sleep.

Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.

1. In a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; SYN. untamed.
2. In a state of extreme emotion
3. Not subjected to control or restraint
4. Marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
5. Deviating widely from an intended course
6. Produced without being planted or without human labor; SYN. natural, spontaneous.

Dialect; yonder

Summer night in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets during certain times of year.

1. A situation resembling a terrifying dream; SYN. incubus.
2. A terrifying or deeply upsetting dream.

The quality of that which is sleepless.

The quality of unscrupulous dishonesty.

ETYM Pref. un- not + principled.
1. Having little or no integrity.
2. Lacking principles or moral scruples.

Without scruples or principles