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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.

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Origin of feral

1

1595–1605; <Medieval Latin, Late Latin ferālis bestial, wild, equivalent to Latin fer(a) wild beast + -ālis-al1

Words nearby feral

FEPA, FEPC, fer, FERA, ferae naturae, feral, feral child, ferbam, Ferber, ferberite, FERC

Other definitions for feral (2 of 2)

feral 2

[ feer-uhl, fer- ]

/ ˈfɪər əl, ˈfɛr- /

adjective

causing death; fatal.

funereal; gloomy.

Origin of feral

2

First recorded in 1615–25, feral is from the Latin word fērālis of the dead, funerary, fatal

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

Words related to feral

How to use feral in a sentence

  • Now in her 70s, Sharon Patrick calls people "dear" and "hon," and enjoys talking about the feral cats she feeds on the South Side.

  • She trained horses on the side, landing a job trapping feral horses in Hawaii—and that led her to vet school.

  • The more feral horses from New Zealand play, for example, the better they survive their first year.

  • The first is feral cowardice — captured in the wild-eyed, hunted expression of Republican senators asked to comment on the president's latest insane or destructive tweet.

  • It may be an exercise in delusion, but it's still heartening to bask in these letters, to take this feral love for what it was at a freeze-frame moment in time.

  • Rather, she shows us: that spandex clad ass twerking in the jungle, surrounded by a feral pack of similarly well fed asses?

  • At the same time, playing an animal does require more feral-ness, so to speak.

  • The "Aduba double-take," a phenomenon that fans of the show often fall victim to, is truly a testament to her feral performance.

  • But then, with their contorted physiques and feral grimaces they speak directly to the Basquiats.

  • Devastated, she climbed with feral intensity, hoping the baby might spontaneously abort.

  • How again does it explain reversion to long-lost characters and the resumption of feral characteristics?

  • In a feral state he would doubtless have left the herd and become a solitary wanderer.

  • An old hunter then mounted a tame elephant, went up to the feral one, seized his ear and ordered him to lie down.

  • Furthermore, they are all comparatively large, and if they ever become feral in England, it will not be for many years to come.

  • The bright feral light of the super-mongoose's eyes seemed to lance at Sowles, like an infra-red flash.

British Dictionary definitions for feral (1 of 2)

adjective

Also: ferine (of animals and plants) existing in a wild or uncultivated state, esp after being domestic or cultivated

Also: ferine savage; brutal

Australian derogatory, slang (of a person) tending to be interested in environmental issues and having a rugged, unkempt appearance

noun

Australian derogatory, slang a person who displays such tendencies and appearance

Australian slang disgusting

Australian slang excellent

Word Origin for feral

C17: from Medieval Latin ferālis, from Latin fera a wild beast, from ferus savage

British Dictionary definitions for feral (2 of 2)

adjective archaic

astrology associated with death

gloomy; funereal

Word Origin for feral

C17: from Latin fērālis relating to corpses; perhaps related to ferre to carry

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for feral

Existing in a wild or untamed state, either naturally or having returned to such a state from domestication.

The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Feral in a Sentence Definition

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