furyfu‧ry /ˈfjʊəri $ ˈfjʊri/ ●●○ noun 
I was shaking with fury. Jo stepped forward, her eyes blazing with fury. The report was leaked to the press, much to the president’s fury.2[singular] a feeling of extreme anger: ‘Go on then!’ shouted Jamie in a fury. ‘See if I care!’3a fury of something a state of very busy activity or strong feeling: She was listening with such a fury of concentration that she did not notice Arthur had left. In a fury of frustration and fear Nina bit his hand.4like fury informal with great effort or energy: We went out and played like fury.5[uncountable] literary used to describe very bad weather conditions: At last the fury of the storm lessened.6Fury one of the three snake-haired goddesses in ancient Greek stories who punished crime
WORD ORIGINfury
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French furie, from Latin furia, from furere; ➔ FUROREXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Shaking with uncontrollable fury, she stood up to confront him.
- As her fury drained, she felt a surge of uplift.
- But his fury was only rhetorical.
- It would be like the old days, real fury.
- Retailers have trouble suppressing their fury.
- Today, public fury alternates with apathy.
THESAURUSextreme anger
a very strong feeling of anger: · The judge sparked fury when he freed a man who had attacked three women.· The decision caused fury among local people.
a very strong feeling of anger that is difficult to control or is expressed very suddenly or violently: · When we accused him of lying, he flew into a rage (=became very angry very suddenly).· Brown killed his wife in a jealous rage.
extreme anger and shock because you think something is unfair or wrong: · The racist comments caused outrage in India and Britain.
formal extreme anger: · Pietersen was the next to incur the wrath of the referee (=make him angry).
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I was shaking with fury. Jo stepped forward, her eyes blazing with fury. ‘Go on then!’ shouted Jamie in a fury. ‘See if I care!’ At last the fury of the storm lessened.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
I was shaking with fury. Jo stepped forward, her eyes blazing with fury. ‘Go on then!’ shouted Jamie in a fury. ‘See if I care!’ At last the fury of the storm lessened.· In a cold fury he stood and sat about for a long time within, twice changing from chair to chair.
VERB· Isabel could see the tension in his body, feel the waves of fury vibrating from him.
· Zeno's head shook with fury as he sucked her and bruised her.· The ragged figure shook with fury, his breath wheezing in and out of his tiny frame.· Another $ 65m pours into the Millennium Dome and the world shakes with fury.· He shook with fury sometimes, as much as cold.
· That was the sort of thing that turned Trevor red with fury.· And maybe for the first time in our lives, we turned that fury on to the world, away from ourselves.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► like fury► Fury
1[uncountable] extreme, often uncontrolled anger SYN rage: - She drove down the road in a fury of emotion.
- A blaze of glory, a fury of passion that left them weak and trembling in each other's arms.
- Barakai commenced a fury of strokes which seemed to beat down the Manchu's blade.
- It was all coming back, a fury of whiteness rushing against my head with violent percussive rage.
- She sat in a fury of indecision and worry, wondering if he and Ace had met.
- Three minutes before the dark, ominous skies unleashed a fury of rain and thunder.
I was shaking with fury. Jo stepped forward, her eyes blazing with fury. The report was leaked to the press, much to the president’s fury.2[singular] a feeling of extreme anger: ‘Go on then!’ shouted Jamie in a fury. ‘See if I care!’3a fury of something a state of very busy activity or strong feeling: She was listening with such a fury of concentration that she did not notice Arthur had left. In a fury of frustration and fear Nina bit his hand.4like fury informal with great effort or energy: We went out and played like fury.5[uncountable] literary used to describe very bad weather conditions: At last the fury of the storm lessened.6Fury one of the three snake-haired goddesses in ancient Greek stories who punished crime