Meanings
comparative more furious · superlative most furious
- Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
a furious animal; parent furious at their child's behaviour
1 more example
Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLCSynonyms: fierce, infuriate, rampant, ferocious, fierce, rampant, grim, incessive
- Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
a furious stream; a furious wind or storm
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFeeling great anger; raging; violent.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemarked by extreme anger
adjective(of the elements) as if showing violent anger
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfuriōsus
- Old Frenchfurieus
- Middle Englishfurious
- Englishfurious
From Middle English furious, from Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus. Displaced native Old English hātheort (literally “hot-hearted”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek μάργος
- μάργος (márgos)transported with passion or fury
Bulgarian яростен, бесен
- яростен (jarosten)transported with passion or fury
- бесен (besen)transported with passion or fury
- буен (buen)rushing with impetuosity
Catalan furiós, furiós
- furióstransported with passion or fury
- furiósrushing with impetuosity
Chinese Mandarin 憤怒的 /愤怒的, 狂怒的
- 憤怒的 /愤怒的 (fènnù de)transported with passion or fury
- 狂怒的 (kuángnù de)transported with passion or fury
- 暴怒的 (bàonù de)transported with passion or fury
- 激烈的 (jīliè de)rushing with impetuosity
- 猛烈的 (měngliè de)rushing with impetuosity
- 高速的 (gāosù de)rushing with impetuosity
Danish rasende
- rasendetransported with passion or fury
Dutch woedend
- woedendtransported with passion or fury
Esperanto furioza, kolerega
- furiozatransported with passion or fury
- koleregatransported with passion or fury
Finnish raivoissaan, raivostunut
- raivoissaantransported with passion or fury
- raivostunuttransported with passion or fury
- raivoisatransported with passion or fury
- raivokastransported with passion or fury
- raivoisarushing with impetuosity
- raivokasrushing with impetuosity
French furieux, furieux
- furieuxtransported with passion or fury
- furieuxrushing with impetuosity
German wütend, erbost
- wütendtransported with passion or fury
- erbosttransported with passion or fury
- furiosrushing with impetuosity
Greek μανιασμένος, μαινόμενος
- μανιασμένος (maniasménos)transported with passion or fury
- μαινόμενος (mainómenos)transported with passion or fury
- έξω φρενών (éxo frenón)transported with passion or fury
- οργισμένος (orgisménos)transported with passion or fury
- ξέφρενος (xéfrenos)rushing with impetuosity
Hungarian őrjöngő, tomboló
- őrjöngőtransported with passion or fury
- tombolórushing with impetuosity
Latin furiosus
- furiosustransported with passion or fury
Lithuanian įnirtingas
- įnirtingastransported with passion or fury
Malay bengis
- bengistransported with passion or fury
Māori rūtaki, wheke
- rūtakitransported with passion or fury
- wheketransported with passion or fury
- pukuriritransported with passion or fury
Norwegian olm, med voldsom kraft
- olmtransported with passion or fury
- med voldsom kraftrushing with impetuosity
Norwegian Bokmål rasende
- rasendetransported with passion or fury
Polish wściekły, rozjuszony
- wściekłytransported with passion or fury
- rozjuszonytransported with passion or fury
Portuguese furioso
- furiosotransported with passion or fury
Romanian furios
- furiostransported with passion or fury
Russian я́ростный, разъярённый
- я́ростный (járostnyj)transported with passion or fury
- разъярённый (razʺjarjónnyj)transported with passion or fury
- свире́пый (svirépyj)transported with passion or fury
- разгне́ванный (razgnévannyj)transported with passion or fury
- бе́шеный (béšenyj)transported with passion or fury
- взбе́шенный (vzbéšennyj)transported with passion or fury
- я́ростный (járostnyj)rushing with impetuosity
Scottish Gaelic fiadhaich
- fiadhaichtransported with passion or fury
Spanish furioso, furioso
- furiosotransported with passion or fury
- furiosorushing with impetuosity
Swedish ursinnig, rasande
- ursinnigtransported with passion or fury
- rasandetransported with passion or fury
- furiöstransported with passion or fury
Turkish kızgın, öfkeli
- kızgıntransported with passion or fury
- öfkelitransported with passion or fury
Ukrainian шале́ний, роз'ю́шений
- шале́ний (šalényj)transported with passion or fury
- роз'ю́шений (rozʺjúšenyj)transported with passion or fury
- розлюто́ваний (rozljutóvanyj)transported with passion or fury
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with furious
All rhymes →Cite this entry
furious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furious
“furious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “furious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furious.
Source: furious on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.