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Fury Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fury? [n] the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" [n] a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [n] (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals [n] state of violent mental agitation Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fury: craze \| delirium \| Erinyes \| Eumenides \| ferocity \| fierceness \| frenzy \| furiousness \| hysteria \| madness \| rage \| vehemence \| violence \| wildness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fury: abandon \| acerbity \| acrimony \| agitation \| Alecto \| amok \| anger \| ardency \| ardor \| asperity \| attack \| battle-ax \| bear \| beast \| beldam \| berserk \| berserker \| bitch \| bitch-kitty \| bluster \| bomber \| brawl \| broil \| brouhaha \| brute \| burning rage \| cacophony \| cat \| chaos \| choler \| common scold \| commotion \| convulsion \| crank \| craze \| crosspatch \| delirium \| demon \| devil \| disturbance \| dragon \| ebullition \| ecstasy \| embroilment \| excitement \| fanaticism \| feist \| ferment \| ferocity \| fervency \| fervidness \| fervor \| fever \| fiend \| fierceness \| fire \| fire and fury \| firebrand \| fire-eater \| fishwife \| fit \| flap \| fomentation \| foofaraw \| frenzy \| fume \| furious rage \| furor \| furore \| fuss \| goon \| gorilla \| grimalkin \| grizzly bear \| grouch \| gunsel \| gusto \| hag \| hardnose \| heart \| heartiness \| heat \| hellcat \| hellhag \| hellhound \| hellion \| hell-raiser \| holy terror \| hood \| hoodlum \| hothead \| hotspur \| hubbub \| hysteria \| impassionedness \| impetuosity \| incendiary \| indignation \| infatuation \| intoxication \| ire \| Jezebel \| killer \| liveliness \| mad \| mad dog \| madcap \| madness \| Mafioso \| mania \| Megaera \| monster \| mugger \| murderous insanity \| Nemesis \| orgasm \| orgy \| overambitiousness \| overanxiety \| overanxiousness \| overeagerness \| overenthusiasm \| overzealousness \| pandemonium \| paroxysm \| passion \| passionateness \| psychokinesia \| racket \| rage \| rancor \| rapist \| rapture \| ravishment \| relish \| revolutionary \| row \| ruckus \| rumpus \| savage \| savagery \| savor \| scold \| seizure \| she-devil \| she-wolf \| shrew \| siren \| sorehead \| soul \| spasm \| spirit \| spitfire \| storminess \| Tartar \| tearing passion \| tempestuousness \| termagant \| terror \| terrorist \| the Erinyes \| the Eumenides \| the Furies \| tiger \| tigress \| Tisiphone \| tough \| tough guy \| towering rage \| transport \| tumult \| tumultuousness \| turbulence \| turmoil \| ugly customer \| uproar \| upset \| vehemence \| verve \| violence \| violent \| virago \| vixen \| warmth \| warmth of feeling \| wild beast \| wildcat \| wildness \| witch \| wolf \| wrath \| Young Turk \| zeal \| zealotism \| zealotry \| zealousness See Also \| Alecto \| anger \| choler \| intensity \| intensiveness \| ire \| lividity \| mania \| manic disorder \| Megaera \| mythical creature \| mythical monster \| nympholepsy \| Tisiphone \| wrath Fury In Webster's Dictionary \Fu"ry\, n. [L. fur.] A thief. [Obs.] Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies. --J. Fleteher. \Fu"ry\, n.; pl. {Furies}. [L. furia, fr. furere to rage: cf. F. furie. Cf. {Furor}.] 1. Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm. Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence. ``Fury of the wind.'' --Shak. I do oppose my patience to his fury. --Shak. 3. pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Meg[ae]ra; the Erinyes or Eumenides. The Furies, they said, are attendants on justice, and if the sun in heaven should transgress his path would punish him. --Emerson. 4. One of the Parc[ae], or Fates, esp. Atropos. [R.] Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. --Milton. 5. A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant. Syn: Anger; indignation; resentment; wrath; ire; rage; vehemence; violence; fierceness; turbulence; madness; frenzy. See {Anger}.

Fury Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fury?

[n] the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"
[n] a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"
[n] (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
[n] state of violent mental agitation

Fury In Webster's Dictionary

\Fu"ry\, n. [L. fur.]
A thief. [Obs.]

      Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies. --J.
                                               Fleteher.


\Fu"ry\, n.; pl. {Furies}. [L. furia, fr. furere to rage:
cf. F. furie. Cf. {Furor}.]
1. Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or
   enthusiasm.

         Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired.
                                               --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.

2. Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied
   to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity;
   violence. ``Fury of the wind.'' --Shak.

         I do oppose my patience to his fury.  --Shak.

3. pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto,
   and Meg[ae]ra; the Erinyes or Eumenides.

         The Furies, they said, are attendants on justice,
         and if the sun in heaven should transgress his path
         would punish him.                     --Emerson.

4. One of the Parc[ae], or Fates, esp. Atropos. [R.]

         Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And
         slits the thin-spun life.             --Milton.

5. A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a
   virago; a termagant.

Syn: Anger; indignation; resentment; wrath; ire; rage;
     vehemence; violence; fierceness; turbulence; madness;
     frenzy. See {Anger}.

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