fury
[ fyoor-ee ]
/ ˈfyʊər i /
noun, plural fu·ries.
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.
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like fury, Informal. violently; intensely: It rained like fury.
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 -y2
synonym study for fury
1. See anger.
Words nearby fury
Furtwängler, furuncle, furunculoid, furunculosis, furunculus, fury, furze, fusain, Fusan, fusarium, fusarium wilt
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British Dictionary definitions for fury
fury
/ (ˈfjʊərɪ) /
noun plural -ries
violent or uncontrolled anger; wild rage
an outburst of such anger
uncontrolled violencethe fury of the storm
a person, esp a woman, with a violent temper
See Furies
like fury informal violently; furiouslythey rode like fury
Word Origin for fury
C14: from Latin furia rage, from furere to be furious
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Idioms and Phrases with fury
fury
see hell has no fury like a woman scorned.
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