Word Meanings - EFFEROUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Like a wild beast; fierce.

Related words: (words related to EFFEROUS)

• BEASTLIHEAD
  Beastliness. Spenser.
• BEASTLIKE
  Like a beast.
• BEASTLINESS
  The state or quality of being beastly.
• BEASTINGS
  See BIESTINGS
• BEASTHOOD
  State or nature of a beast.
• FIERCE
  fiers, OF. fier, nom. fiers, fierce, savage, cruel, F. fier proud, from L. ferus wild, savage, cruel; perh. akin to E. bear the animal. 1. Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind. His fierce thunder drove us to the
• BEAST
  1. Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc. Chaucer. 2. Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast. Prov. xii. 10. 3. As opposed
• BEASTLY
  1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. Beastly divinities and droves of gods. Prior. 2. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy. The beastly vice of drinking
• SEA BEAST
  Any large marine mammal, as a seal, walrus, or cetacean.
• OVERFIERCE
  Excessively fierce.
• ENFIERCE
  To make fierce. Spenser.
• EFFIERCE
  To make fierce. Spenser.