furioso

American  

[fyoor-ee-oh-soh, foo-ryaw-zaw] / ˌfyʊər iˈoʊ soʊ, fuˈryɔ zɔ /

adjective

1. forceful; turbulent.

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adverb

1. forcefully; turbulently.

furioso British  

/ ˌfjʊərɪˈəʊsəʊ /

adjective

1. in a frantically rushing manner

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noun

1. a passage or piece to be performed in this way

Etymology

Origin of furioso

1660–70, for an earlier sense; < Italian: literally, furious, equivalent to furi ( a ) fury + -oso -ous

Example Sentences

Fischer, ex vicepresidente de mercadeo de la clínica, estaba furioso con Bosch porque éste no le pagó los $4,000 que le prestó para el negocio.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2014

As the piece develops, a furioso section for the ensemble is followed by electronic responses from the soloists until the entire orchestra begins to fragment, a violin jutting out here, a trombone blasting there.

From Time Magazine Archive

Everyone, audience and musicians alike, was outraged and Munch gave the man a fortissimo furioso piece of his mind.

From Time Magazine Archive

With Feinstein it's been allegro furioso all the way.

From Time Magazine Archive

This movement leads into still another, a furioso movement on the words, ‘Though the waters thereof roar, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.’

From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)