fury
Americannoun
plural
furies-
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like.
The gods unleashed their fury on the offending mortal.
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violence; vehemence; fierceness.
the fury of a hurricane;
a fury of creative energy.
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- turbulence
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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.
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a fierce and violent person, especially a woman.
She became a fury when she felt she was unjustly accused.
idioms
noun
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violent or uncontrolled anger; wild rage
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an outburst of such anger
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uncontrolled violence
the fury of the storm
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a person, esp a woman, with a violent temper
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See Furies
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informal violently; furiously
they rode like fury
Related Words
See anger.
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; -y 2
Example Sentences
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And then, suddenly, Easter Island was exposed to the full fury of 19th-century colonialism.
He was keeping his voice down, barely above a whisper, but his words still echoed with fury.
From Literature
The wind had whipped it to a fury, and it wasn’t ready to calm down just because the storm had passed.
From Literature
As prime minister, Oli became a lightning rod for protester fury.
From Barron's
It wasn't the fact that they lost to Italy that caused such fury, it was the manner of it, the soft-touch defending, the dysfunctional set-piece, the wasted opportunities in attack.
From BBC
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