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.
violence; vehemence; fierceness: the fury of a hurricane; a fury of creative energy.
Furies, Classical Mythology.
minor female divinities: the daughters of Gaea 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.
Idioms for fury
like fury, Informal.
violently; intensely: It rained like fury.
Origin of fury
SYNONYMS FOR fury
2
turbulence.
synonym study for fury
1. See
anger.
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Example sentences from the Web for furies
British Dictionary definitions for furies (1 of 2)
Furies
/ (ˈfjʊərɪz) /
pl n singular Fury
classical myth
the snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, usually three in number, who pursued unpunished criminals
Also called: Erinyes, Eumenides
British Dictionary definitions for furies (2 of 2)
fury
/ (ˈfjʊərɪ) /
noun plural -ries
violent or uncontrolled anger; wild rage
an outburst of such anger
uncontrolled violence
the fury of the storm
a person, esp a woman, with a violent temper
See Furies
like fury informal
violently; furiously
they rode like fury
Word Origin for fury
C14: from Latin
furia rage, from
furere to be furious
Cultural definitions for furies
Idioms and Phrases with furies
fury
see hell has no fury like a woman scorned.