fury
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like: The gods unleashed their fury on the offending mortal.
Furies, Classical Mythology. minor female divinities: the daughters of Gaia who punished crimes at the instigation of the victims: known to the Greeks as the Erinyes or Eumenides and to the Romans as the Furiae or Dirae. Originally there were an indefinite number, but were later restricted to Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone.
a fierce and violent person, especially a woman: She became a fury when she felt she was unjustly accused.
Idioms about fury
like fury, Informal. violently; intensely: It rained like fury.
Origin of fury
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Other words for fury
Words that may be confused with fury
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How to use fury in a sentence
But it turns out The Furies of Maidan is not a figment of his imagination.
Want a Good Look at Putin’s Pervy Propaganda? See ‘The Furies of Maidan’ | Cathy Young | April 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLike the Furies, the Cheneys stand for unreason and emotionalism.
In Greek mythology the ocean furies attend upon fickle Poseidon.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. MackenzieGuarding the walls were the three Furies of the Greek legends.
A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines | Clayton EdwardsSocial war was visible there with all its horrors and its furies—every body saw it, and I myself forboded it like every body else.
Casual rejoicings and strange furies ensue among their deliberations.
Montaigne and Shakspere | John M. RobertsonDo you consider that virulent Pagan Goddesses and the flying torch-furies are extinct?
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George Meredith
British Dictionary definitions for fury
/ (ˈfjʊərɪ) /
violent or uncontrolled anger; wild rage
an outburst of such anger
uncontrolled violence: the fury of the storm
a person, esp a woman, with a violent temper
See Furies
like fury informal violently; furiously: they rode like fury
Origin of fury
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Other Idioms and Phrases with fury
see hell has no fury like a woman scorned.
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