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- DictionaryFe·ral/ˈferəl/
adjective
- 1. (especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication: "a feral cat"
The meaning of FERAL is of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast. How to use feral in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Feral.
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.
FERAL definition: 1. existing in a wild state, especially describing an animal that was previously kept by people…. Learn more.
FERAL meaning: 1. existing in a wild state, especially describing an animal that was previously kept by people…. Learn more.
Feral is often used to describe a wild, untamed animal, like the feral cat with its claws and sharp teeth menacingly bared, ready to strike. Qualities that are similar to a wild animal can also be called feral. The child who grew alone up in a cabin in the woods, and who didn't go to school, was called feral when she ran away from the orphanage.
If you describe something or someone as feral, you mean that they seem wild, fierce, and uncontrolled.
1. a. Having returned to an untamed state from domestication: a pack of feral dogs. b. Existing in a wild or untamed state. 2. Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage: a feral grin. [From Latin fera, wild animal, from ferus, wild; see ghwer- in Indo-European roots .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.
FERAL meaning: 1 : of, relating to, or resembling a wild beast; 2 : used to describe an animal (such as a cat or dog) that has escaped and become wild.
(of animals) living wild, especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm. feral cats (figurative) He looked at me with a feral grin (= like a wild animal).
