fury
/ˈfjʊəri
/noun (plural furies)
1 [mass noun] Wild or violent anger: tears of fury and frustration Rachel shouted, beside herself with fury...
- Emma's face is red with anger, her eyes flash in fury and her hair seems to have bushed out with rage.
- The younger girl shook with anger, her face contorted in fury as she demanded Mrs. Opanir confess her secret.
- A white hot anger flared through him as he screamed in fury.
Synonyms
rage, anger, wrath, passion, outrage, spleen, temper, savagery, frenzy, madness;
air rage;
crossness, indignation, umbrage, annoyance, exasperation
literary ire, choler, bile
1.1 (a fury) A surge of violent anger or other strong feeling: in a fury, he lashed the horse on...
- You only had to witness Ferguson work himself into a fury over Ronaldo's participation in the Olympics to gauge the Portuguese's importance to the team.
- The young man's eyes burned with a fury and fierce protectiveness.
- The woman ran out in a fury, picked up the animal, and flung it savagely into the kennel.
2Extreme strength or violence in an action or a natural phenomenon: the fury of a gathering storm she was paddling with a new fury...
- The stone is still there, split in half by the fury of the corporal's sword.
- Turner lashed himself to masts in order to witness the fury of storms at sea, and he was fascinated by shipwrecks.
- It was distant, full of the fury of a tempest on the sea, but it was Carmel's voice speaking through to him.
Synonyms
fierceness, ferocity, violence, turbulence, tempestuousness, savagery;
severity, intensity, vehemence, force, forcefulness, power, potency, strength
rare ferity
3 (Fury) Greek Mythology A spirit of punishment, often represented as one of three goddesses who pronounced curses on the guilty and inflicted famines and pestilences. The Furies were identified at an early date with the Eumenides.The Eumenides shows the Furies in pursuit of Orestes, who is protected by the younger god Apollo....
- In contrast to young Apollo and Athena, the Furies represent the primitive past that needs to be defeated and tamed in order for civilization to progress.
- Immediately after this, the avenging goddesses called Furies torment Orestes to the point of insanity.
Phrases
like fury
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French furie, from Latin furia, from furiosus 'furious', from furere 'be mad, rage'.