fury

[fyoor-ee]

noun

plural

furies 

1. unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like.

   The gods unleashed their fury on the offending mortal.

   Synonyms: wrath, ire

2. violence; vehemence; fierceness.

   the fury of a hurricane;

   a fury of creative energy.

   Synonyms: turbulence

3. Classical Mythology.,  Furies, 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.

4. a fierce and violent person, especially a woman.

   She became a fury when she felt she was unjustly accused.

fury

/ ˈfjʊərɪ /

noun

1. violent or uncontrolled anger; wild rage

2. an outburst of such anger

3. uncontrolled violence

   the fury of the storm

4. a person, esp a woman, with a violent temper

5. See Furies

6. informal,  violently; furiously

   they rode like fury

Word History and Origins

Origin of fury¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English furey, furye, from Old French furie, from Latin furia “rage,” equivalent to fur(ere) “to be angry, rage” + -ia, noun suffix; -y ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of fury¹

C14: from Latin furia rage, from furere to be furious

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. like fury, violently; intensely.

   It rained like fury.

see hell has no fury like a woman scorned.

Synonym Study

See anger.

Example Sentences

Even when quarterback Reagan Toki showed comfort, driving the Lancers 77 yards from his own 10-yard line in the third quarter, he was hit with Santa Margarita’s defensive fury.

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The games, the tedium, the comfort of nostalgia, the sting and fury of old resentments: It’s an experience of mirth and misery alike.

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The fury in her eyes softens into sadness.

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Her impatience had long since turned to fury.

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Edward Ashton’s reddened eyes blazed with shame and fury.

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Related Words

• acrimony 
• energy 
• ferocity 
• frenzy 
• furor 
• indignation 
• intensity 
• ire 
• madness 
• passion 
• rage 
• storm 
• violence