fury

[fyoor-ee]

noun

plural

furies 

1. unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like.

   The gods unleashed their fury on the offending mortal.

   Synonyms: wrath, ire

2. violence; vehemence; fierceness.

   the fury of a hurricane;

   a fury of creative energy.

   Synonyms: turbulence

3. Classical Mythology.,  Furies, minor female divinities: the daughters of Gaia 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.

4. a fierce and violent person, especially a woman.

   She became a fury when she felt she was unjustly accused.

fury

/ ˈfjʊərɪ /

noun

1. violent or uncontrolled anger; wild rage

2. an outburst of such anger

3. uncontrolled violence

   the fury of the storm

4. a person, esp a woman, with a violent temper

5. See Furies

6. informal,  violently; furiously

   they rode like fury

Word History and Origins

Origin of fury¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English furey, furye, from Old French furie, from Latin furia “rage,” equivalent to fur(ere) “to be angry, rage” + -ia, noun suffix; -y ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of fury¹

C14: from Latin furia rage, from furere to be furious

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. like fury, violently; intensely.

   It rained like fury.

see hell has no fury like a woman scorned.

Synonym Study

See anger.

Example Sentences

Sabalenka's passion and desperation to win has often erupted into frustration and fury, while her eagerness to overpower her opponents can cause her to become error-strewn.

From BBC

Mary Roy turned much of her fury on her son, once beating him until a wooden ruler broke, punishment for being merely "average" while his sister excelled in school.

From BBC

All wounding, all the cause of introspection and fury.

From BBC

The high emotion and fury sweeping around the stadium, with Liverpool in the line of fire, was counterproductive as the hosts lacked any composure and measure, for all their domination of territory and possession.

From BBC

Throughout this album, which is another significant achievement, the band mixes the moody and melodic to create a genre-bending album full of fire and fury.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• acrimony 
• energy 
• ferocity 
• frenzy 
• furor 
• indignation 
• intensity 
• ire 
• madness 
• passion 
• rage 
• storm 
• violence