fury en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈfjɔːɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈfjʊə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈfjʊɹ.i/ (General-American)
- /ˈfjɝ.i/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈfjuːɹi/ (Ireland)
- /ˈfjʉːɹi/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
Etymology
From Middle English furie, from Old French furie, from Latin furia (“rage”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Extreme anger.
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.
1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39:The building of the railway in this notable beauty spot roused the great Victorian writer John Ruskin to fury.
1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 155:
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(countable, uncountable) Strength or violence in action.
Small lightes are ſoone blown out, huge fires abide, / And with the winde in greater furie fret: / The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det / To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt, / Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt.
1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) An angry or malignant person.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| furies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Spanish fury · hell hath no fury like a woman scorned · like fury · sound and fury · furisome · furious
Synonyms
Translations (86)
sa त्विष् (strength or violence in action) · mk бес (extreme anger) · tr hışım (strength or violence in action) · ro mânie (extreme anger) · eo kolerego (extreme anger) · fi kiihko (strength or violence in action) · osx ābolganhēd (extreme anger) · ru бе́шенство (extreme anger) · ang hātheortnes (extreme anger) · kk зығырдан (extreme anger) · fi raivo (extreme anger) · sv vrede (extreme anger) · tr öfke (extreme anger) · arz غضبان (an angry or malignant person) · nl razernij (extreme anger) · es furia (strength or violence in action) · da raseri (extreme anger) · eo furiozo (extreme anger) · pt ira (extreme anger) · it furia (extreme anger) · ca fúria (extreme anger) · arz غضب (extreme anger) · bg ярост (strength or violence in action) · nn raseri (extreme anger) · pdt Wutt (extreme anger) · es furia (extreme anger) · hu düh (extreme anger) · de Wut (extreme anger) · bg бяс (extreme anger) · sv raseri (extreme anger) · ar غَيْظ (extreme anger) · enm furie (extreme anger) · bg ярост (extreme anger) · vo vut (extreme anger) · ar حَنِق (an angry or malignant person) · fi vimma (strength or violence in action) · ro furie (extreme anger) · hu dühöngés (extreme anger) · hy կատաղություն (extreme anger) · cs zuřivost (extreme anger) · mi nguha (strength or violence in action) · arz غيظ (extreme anger) · hi प्रकोप (extreme anger) · ar حَنَق (extreme anger) · cmn 狂怒 (extreme anger) · tr gazap (extreme anger) · el μανία (extreme anger) · vo lezun (extreme anger) · sv ursinne (extreme anger) · ru неи́стовство (extreme anger) · la furia (extreme anger) · es furor (extreme anger) · pl wściekłość (extreme anger) · de Furie (an angry or malignant person) · ar مُغْتَاظ (an angry or malignant person) · io furio (extreme anger) · hu őrjöngés (extreme anger) · hu tombolás (extreme anger) · el οργή (extreme anger) · ca ràbia (extreme anger) · ga aonachas (extreme anger) · grc λύσσα (extreme anger) · pt fúria (extreme anger) · sh jarost (extreme anger) · tr hiddet (extreme anger) · pt furor (extreme anger) · sv furie (an angry or malignant person) · el λύσσα (extreme anger) · he זעם (extreme anger) · nb raseri (extreme anger) · mi nguha (extreme anger) · es rabia (extreme anger) · ota اوفكه (extreme anger) · mk јарост (extreme anger) · arz غضبانه (an angry or malignant person) · arz غضبانين (an angry or malignant person) · pt cólera (extreme anger) · bg фурия (an angry or malignant person) · ota قیزغینلق (extreme anger) · ru я́рость (extreme anger) · pl furia (extreme anger) · kk қаһар (extreme anger) · tr hışım (extreme anger) · it furore (extreme anger) · pl szał (extreme anger) · id angkara (extreme anger)