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- US Pronunciation
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- [fyoo r-ee]
- /ˈfyʊər i/
- /ˈfjʊə.ri/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fyoo r-ee]
- /ˈfyʊər i/
Definitions of fury word
- noun plural fury unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like: The gods unleashed their fury on the offending mortal. 1
- noun plural fury violence; vehemence; fierceness: the fury of a hurricane; a fury of creative energy. 1
- noun plural fury Furies, Classical Mythology. minor female divinities: the daughters of Gaea 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. 1
- noun plural fury a fierce and violent person, especially a woman: She became a fury when she felt she was unjustly accused. 1
- idioms fury like fury, Informal. violently; intensely: It rained like fury. 1
- noun fury Wild or violent anger. 1
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Origin of fury
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English < Latin furia rage, equivalent to fur(ere) to be angry, rage + -ia -y2
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Parts of speech for Fury
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fury popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fury usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fury
noun fury
- madness — the state of being mad; insanity.
- rage — angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- frenzy — extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement.
- violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- ire — intense anger; wrath.
Antonyms for fury
noun fury
- glee — a squint.
- happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
- calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
- laziness — lazy evaluation
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