furious
Syllables: fu·ri·ous/ˈfjʊəɹi.əs/
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Scotland/ˈfjʉɾe.əs/
furious adjective: feeling great anger; raging; violent.
Adjective
furious (comparative more furious, superlative most furious)
- Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
- a furious animal; parent furious at their child's behaviour
- 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, →OCLC
- Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
- a furious stream; a furious wind or storm
furious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
furious in Hindi
- furious, enraged
- मत्त matt
furious in Tamil
- சீற்றங்கொண்ட, மீச்சினமான, வெஞ்சினமான
furious in Urdu
- furious, full of anger
- غژماں ğužmā̃
furious in Bengali
- অত্যন্ত রাগান্বিত, ক্রুদ্ধ, প্রচণ্ড
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- furious in Malayalam
- രോഷാകുലം, ക്രോധാവിഷ്ടമായ, അതിക്രുദ്ധമായ, അരിശംമൂത്ത
- furious in Kannada
- ರೋಷಾವೇಶದ, ಕೋಪೋದ್ರೇಕದ, ಕ್ರೋಧಾವಿಷ್ಟ, ಉಗ್ರ
- furious in Punjabi
- لاکھا lākhā
- furious in Sanskrit
- मत्तेभ mattebha, उग्र ugrá
- furious in Malay
- bengis
Examples of furious in a sentence
- She was furious and let fly at him with a string of obscenities.
- She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door.
- Janice's furious glare showed that her apology was insincere.
Synonyms of furious
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Forms of furious
| comparative | more furious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most furious |
Origin of furious
From Middle English furious, from Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus. Displaced native Old English hātheort (literally “hot-hearted”).
Words formed from furious
Words that rhyme with furious
Questions about furious
- What does furious mean?
- Furious means feeling great anger; raging; violent.
- What is furious in Hindi?
- Furious in Hindi is मत्त (matt). See Furious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is furious?
- Furious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce furious?
- Furious is pronounced /ˈfjʊəɹi.əs/.
Words near furious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: furious (page history and authors); मत्त (Hindi) (page history and authors); furious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); غژماں (Urdu) (page history and authors); furious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); furious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); furious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); لاکھا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); उग्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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