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feral
1[ feer-uhl, fer- ]
adjective
- existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- having reverted to the wild state, as from domestication:
a pack of feral dogs roaming the woods.
- of or characteristic of wild animals; ferocious; brutal.
feral
2[ feer-uhl, fer- ]
adjective
- causing death; fatal.
- funereal; gloomy.
feral
1/ ˈfɛr-; ˈfɪərəl /
adjective
- Alsoferine (of animals and plants) existing in a wild or uncultivated state, esp after being domestic or cultivated
- Alsoferine savage; brutal
- derogatory.(of a person) tending to be interested in environmental issues and having a rugged, unkempt appearance
noun
- derogatory.a person who displays such tendencies and appearance
- slang.disgusting
- slang.excellent
feral
2/ ˈfɛr-; ˈfɪərəl /
adjective
- astrology associated with death
- gloomy; funereal
feral
- Existing in a wild or untamed state, either naturally or having returned to such a state from domestication.
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Origin of feral2
Word History and Origins
Origin of feral1
Origin of feral2
Example Sentences
“I told you I was feral,” he said, seething.
"It looked possessed," Mr LaMendola wrote in a Facebook post, saying the animal involved in the encounter just north of Los Angeles was "feral, almost demonic".
There were, famously, feral cats roaming the complex.
A surfer reported last month an attack by a sea lion that was “feral, almost demonic” as he was on his board off Ventura County.
Once restrictions on public gatherings eased, the world’s reopening brought to the fore how socially feral we’d become.
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