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fury

UK/ˈfjʊə.ɹi/US/ˈfjʊɹ.i/
nounB22 meaningsCommon in everyday speech and writing · #4,258 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: furies

Fury is wild, violent anger. Beyond irritation, beyond rage, and not remotely under control.

It is the strongest of the ordinary anger words, and it usually comes with an outward sign, so somebody white with fury or shaking with fury is visibly gone. It also describes forces, and the fury of a storm is a standard phrase. In classical myth the Furies were goddesses of vengeance, and they are where the word comes from. Furious is the adjective, and it has been weakened by everyday use in a way that fury has not.

Definitions of fury

  1. 1nounfuryExtreme and violent anger.B2

    “He slammed the door in a fury.”

  2. 2nounviolenceThe violence of a natural force.C1

    “They sheltered from the fury of the storm.”

Where it comes from

  1. Latin

    furia — rage

  2. Old French

    furie

  3. Middle English

    furie

  4. English, today

    fury

From Middle English furie, from Old French furie, from Latin furia (“rage”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 5 of A Man Called Ove.

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the furia family

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