fury

American  

[fyoor-ee] / ˈfjʊər i /

noun

• furies
  plural

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.

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idioms

1. like fury, violently; intensely.

   It rained like fury.

fury British  

/ 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

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fury More Idioms  

1. see hell has no fury like a woman scorned.

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Synonym Usage

See anger.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• furies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of fury

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; see -y ²

Explanation

Violent, angry, and ferocious, fury is a feeling of wild, intense anger. Before you let your fury get the best of you, it's good to take a few deep breaths before you speak. Fury is anger times ten — it's unrestrained and maybe a little scary. If you've ever seen a little kid have a raging temper tantrum because it was time to leave the park, you have an idea of what fury looks — and sounds — like. Fury can also describe aspects of nature, like the fury of a hurricane. In Greek mythology, a fury was a spirit of punishment, named for the three Furies, goddesses who punished the guilty.

Example Sentences

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If you do not address your feelings and process them, they will manifest themselves in other ways — an unkind remark or a silent fury.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The richness of detail and the delicacy of the needlework are as compelling as the fury of the story and the scale of its stakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“She got in her car and channeled that fury, that frustration, into her driving,” Vannoy said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

There was fury, I am told, and very quickly there was a sense of its gravity.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

My fury still raging, I grabbed a pair of scissors and snipped away until all the black holes were gone and I was alone.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

But maybe America’s political leaders could try to lower the temperature for a change rather than feed public furies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

It is shattering, sincere, yet also somehow sardonic, as Roth renders Swede as an average, even boring man brought low by the furies of the times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025

“I’m not hiding,” Diallo said before departing for another evening in her silent apartment, alone with her thoughts and her furies.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2023

The furies that Bradley manifests in wood and metal actually dwell in people’s hearts and minds.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

I look at the faces in newspapers, in magazines, and wonder: what greeds, what furies drive them on?

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Related Words

• acrimony
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• ire
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• rage
• storm
• violence