Choose the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

FEROCIOUS

Compassionate 

The most appropriate antonym of the word ferocious is compassionate.

• Ferocious means "savage, fierce, or violent."
• Compassionate means "having or showing a deep understanding of and sympathy for the sufferings or misfortunes of others."

The other words do not have the same meaning as compassionate.

• Rudeness means "lack of courtesy or politeness."
• Sparse means "thinly scattered or distributed."
• Misinterpret means "to understand something incorrectly."