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fury

[ fyoor-ee ]

noun

plural furies.
  1. unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:

    The gods unleashed their fury on the offending mortal.

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  2. violence; vehemence; fierceness:

    the fury of a hurricane;

    a fury of creative energy.

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  3. Furies, Classical Mythology. 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.
  4. a fierce and violent person, especially a woman:

    She became a fury when she felt she was unjustly accused.



fury

/ ˈ´ÚÂáÊŠÉ™°ùɪ /

noun

  1. violent or uncontrolled anger; wild rage
  2. an outburst of such anger
  3. uncontrolled violence

    the fury of the storm

  4. a person, esp a woman, with a violent temper
  5. See Furies
  6. like fury informal.
    violently; furiously

    they rode like fury

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fury1

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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fury1

C14: from Latin furia rage, from furere to be furious
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. like fury, Informal. violently; intensely:

    It rained like fury.

More idioms and phrases containing fury

see hell has no fury like a woman scorned .
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Synonym Study

See anger.
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Example Sentences

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Despite widespread public fury at Yoon’s martial law declaration, his party has defended him, with some conservative lawmakers calling for the “destruction†of the Constitutional Court.

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"There's still righteous fury about that in the city, and although the truth has come out, there's never been any justice really."

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Hearst, in a fury, tried to shoot Chaplin but wound up shooting Ince instead, and the whole thing was supposed to have been covered up.

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Trump only wishes he could wear the helmet and growl out “I AM the Law†with the fury of Stallone.

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Elianne stood up for her friend when Sentamu turned up without the bear, which led to him chasing Elianne in a fury and stabbing her repeatedly as she lay on the ground.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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