Meanings
fury1
plural furies
- countableuncountableExtreme anger.
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.
1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 391 more example
The building of the railway in this notable beauty spot roused the great Victorian writer John Ruskin to fury.
1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 155 - countableuncountableStrength or violence in action.
Small lightes are ſoone blown out, huge fires abide, / And with the winde in greater furie fret: / The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det / To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt, / Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt.
1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC1 more example
I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
fury2
plural furies
- obsoleteA thief.
But have an eye to your plate , for there be Furies.
1625 (date written), Iohn Fletcher, [Philip Massinger], The Elder Brother. A Comedie. […], London: […] F[elix] K[ingston] for J[ohn] W[aterson] and J[ohn] B[enson], published 1637, →OCLC, Act III, scene (please specify |scene=i or ii)
Fury3
plural Furies
- Greekhuman sciencesA female personification of vengeance.
“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!”
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
nounthe property of being wild or turbulent
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
fury · noun
- Latinfuria“rage”
- Old Frenchfurie
- Middle Englishfurie
- Englishfury
From Middle English furie, from Old French furie, from Latin furia (“rage”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →fury · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰṓr
- Proto-Italic*fōr
- Latinfur
- Englishfury
Borrowed from Latin fur (“thief”).
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Full word history & related roots →Fury · proper noun
- LatinFuriae
- Middle EnglishFurie
- EnglishFury
Friom Middle English Furie, from Latin Furiae, a name used for the three Erinyes, being the plural of furia ("rage").
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek λύσσα, Ἐρινύς
- λύσσα (lússa)extreme anger
- Ἐρινύς (Erinús)female personification of vengeance
Arabic حَنَق, غَيْظ
- حَنَق (ḥanaq)extreme anger
- غَيْظ (ḡayẓ)extreme anger
- حَنِق (ḥaniq)an angry or malignant person
- مُغْتَاظ (muḡtāẓ)an angry or malignant person
Bulgarian ярост, бяс
- ярост (jarost)extreme anger
- бяс (bjas)extreme anger
- ярост (jarost)strength or violence in action
- фурия (furija)an angry or malignant person
Catalan fúria, ràbia
- fúriaextreme anger
- ràbiaextreme anger
Chinese Mandarin 狂怒
- 狂怒 (kuángnù)extreme anger
Czech zuřivost
- zuřivostextreme anger
Danish raseri
- raseriextreme anger
Dutch razernij
- razernijextreme anger
Esperanto furiozo, kolerego
- furiozoextreme anger
- koleregoextreme anger
- furiofemale personification of vengeance
Finnish raivo, vimma
- raivoextreme anger
- vimmastrength or violence in action
- kiihkostrength or violence in action
- raivotarfemale personification of vengeance
German Wut, Furie
- Wutextreme anger
- Furiean angry or malignant person
- Furiefemale personification of vengeance
Greek οργή, μανία
- οργή (orgí)extreme anger
- μανία (manía)extreme anger
- λύσσα (lýssa)extreme anger
- Ερινύες (Erinýes)female personification of vengeance
Hebrew זעם
- זעם (zá'am)extreme anger
Hindi प्रकोप
- प्रकोप (prakop)extreme anger
Hungarian düh, dühöngés
- dühextreme anger
- dühöngésextreme anger
- tombolásextreme anger
- őrjöngésextreme anger
- Fúriafemale personification of vengeance
Indonesian angkara
- angkaraextreme anger
Irish aonachas
- aonachasextreme anger
Italian furia, furore
- furiaextreme anger
- furoreextreme anger
Latin furia
- furiaextreme anger
Māori nguha, nguha
- nguhaextreme anger
- nguhastrength or violence in action
Norwegian Bokmål raseri
- raseriextreme anger
Polish furia, szał
- furiaextreme anger
- szałextreme anger
- wściekłośćextreme anger
- Furiafemale personification of vengeance
Portuguese fúria, ira
- fúriaextreme anger
- iraextreme anger
- furorextreme anger
- cóleraextreme anger
Romanian furie, mânie
- furieextreme anger
- mânieextreme anger
Russian я́рость, бе́шенство
- я́рость (járostʹ)extreme anger
- бе́шенство (béšenstvo)extreme anger
- неи́стовство (neístovstvo)extreme anger
- фу́рия (fúrija)female personification of vengeance
Spanish furia, rabia
- furiaextreme anger
- rabiaextreme anger
- furorextreme anger
- furiastrength or violence in action
- furiafemale personification of vengeance
Swedish raseri, vrede
- raseriextreme anger
- vredeextreme anger
- ursinneextreme anger
- furiean angry or malignant person
- furiefemale personification of vengeance
Turkish gazap, hiddet
- gazapextreme anger
- hiddetextreme anger
- hışımextreme anger
- öfkeextreme anger
- hışımstrength or violence in action
Ukrainian фу́рія
- фу́рія (fúrija)female personification of vengeance
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fury
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