fury
UK/ˈfjʊə.ɹi//ˈfjʊɹ.i/
fury noun: extreme anger.
Noun (1)
fury (countable and uncountable, plural furies)
- Extreme 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 39
- 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
- Strength 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, […], →OCLC
- 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
- An angry or malignant person.
Noun (2)
fury (plural furies)
- A 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...
Proper noun capitalized: Fury
Fury (plural Furies)
- A 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
fury meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
fury in Hindi
- extreme anger
- प्रकोप prakop
fury in Tamil
- கொடு வெறி, சீற்றம், வெஞ்சினம், ஆவேசம், ஆக்ரோசம்
fury in Urdu
- fury, anger, rage, wrath
- قہر qahr
- fury
- شعلہ śu'la
- fury, rage
- سناٹا sannāṭā
fury in Bengali
- প্রচণ্ড রাগ, উন্মত্ততা, তীব্র ক্রোধ
More languagesFewer languages
- fury in Malayalam
- ഉഗ്രകോപം, തീവ്രത
- fury in Kannada
- ರೋಷ, ಆವೇಶ, ಕೋಪೋದ್ರೇಕ, ಪ್ರಚಂಡ
- fury in Sanskrit
- त्विष् tviṣ
- fury in Arabic
- حَنَق ḥanaq, غَيْظ ḡayẓ, حَنِق ḥaniq, مُغْتَاظ muḡtāẓ
- fury in Indonesian
- angkara
Examples of fury in a sentence
- She tore her ex-boyfriend’s clothes apart in fury.
- Her announcement was quite a surprise, coming a month after she published the words "I hate weddings with a passion and a fury I can only partially explain rationally."
- Breach hit a line, Zoe Harrison dabbed a kick in behind and Abby Dow chased like fury.
Synonyms of fury
Forms of fury
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | furies |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Furies |
Origin of fury
From Middle English furie, from Old French furie, from Latin furia (“rage”).
Borrowed from Latin fur (“thief”).
Friom Middle English Furie, from Latin Furiae, a name used for the three Erinyes, being the plural of furia ("rage").
Words formed from fury
Phrases with fury
Words that rhyme with fury
Questions about fury
- What does fury mean?
- Fury means extreme anger.
- What is fury in Hindi?
- Fury in Hindi is प्रकोप (prakop). See Fury meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fury?
- Fury can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce fury?
- Fury is pronounced /ˈfjʊə.ɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fury?
- The plural of fury is furies.
Words near fury in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fury (page history and authors); Fury (page history and authors); fury (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سناٹا (Urdu) (page history and authors); fury (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fury (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fury (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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