Related Content
- Daily Word Quiz: dissonant
- Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy
- Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee
- Frequently Misspelled Words
- Frequently Mispronounced Words
- Easily Confused Words
- Writing & Language
feral: Meaning and Definition of
fe•ral
Pronunciation: (fēr'ul, fer'-), [key]
— adj.
- 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.
fe•ral
Pronunciation: (fēr'ul, fer'-), [key]
— adj.
- causing death; fatal.
- funereal; gloomy.
See also:
- feral (Thesaurus)
