furious
[fyoo r-ee-uh s]
- full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
- intensely violent, as wind or storms.
- of unrestrained energy, speed, etc.: furious activity.
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Origin of furious
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Contemporary Examples
The story was so appalling, the attack so brutish and morally offensive, that it provoked an immediate, furious response.
I also believe the administration is hiding something about Benghazi and Fast and Furious, but the key word is “believe.”
“Operation Fast and Furious” continues to rankle some Republicans.
“They are furious with Pippa,” an aristocratic source told Radar Online at the time.
And by the time it was all over, his fellow Republicans in Washington were furious.
Historical Examples
Then there was a furious clamor and a huge dog rushed at him.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
He was furious at this supposition that she would continue in her irregular practices.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
When he found that the ice was out and the beer warm and flat, he was furious.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
Then, with a brusque movement of furious resolution, he disappeared in the night.
The DreamEmile Zola
Thud, thud—ta-thud, thud—on they charged at a furious pace directly at us.
A Woman TenderfootGrace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
furious
- extremely angry or annoyed; raging
- violent, wild, or unrestrained, as in speed, vigour, energy, etc
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Word Origin and History for furious
adj.
late 14c., from Old French furieus (14c., Modern French furieux), from Latin furiosus "full of rage, mad," from furia "rage, passion, fury." Furioso, from the Italian form of the word, was used in English 17c.-18c. for "an enraged person," probably from Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso."
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Idioms and Phrases with furious
furious
see fast and furious.
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