Ferocity, n.
Etymology: [L. ferocitas, fr. ferox, -ocis, fierce, kin to ferus wild: cf. F. ferocité. See Fierce.]
Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance. The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. Macaulay.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists ferocity only as an antonym, under pity.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given