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Definition of fury :
1. A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant.
2. A thief.
3. One of the Parcae, or Fates, esp. Atropos.
4. pl. ( Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera; the Erinyes or Eumenides.
5. Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; - sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence.
6. Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm.
Synonyms:
fad, choler, Eumenides, vehemency, hydrophobia, petulance, temper, pitch, depth, irritation, harpy, termagant, praise, emphasis, animosity, cult, vexation, hysteria, hysterical neurosis, indignation, irateness, fretfulness, ire, insaneness, scold, wrath, rabidity, craze, rabies, ferociousness, rabidness, craziness, vixen, feelings, severity, delirium, impatience, erinyes, foolishness, battle-ax, force, big, passion, exasperation, pettishness, resentment, abandon, furiousness, furore, shrew, lyssa, virago, lunacy, displeasure, madness, study at anger, peevishness, fishwife, folly, strong, anger, wrathfulness
attack (part of speech: noun)
furor, spasm, riot, offense, aggression, siege, outbreak, invasion, charge, bombardment, tirade, strike, sortie, warfare, battle, combat, onslaught, foray, storm, war, thrust, bloodshed, barrage, raid
violence (part of speech: noun)
destructiveness, insurrection, broil, vandalism, brutishness, fracas, atrocity, outrage, brawl, wildness, abuse, fight, attack, barbarity, vehemence, thuggery, ferocity, violence, inhumanity, savagery, fierceness, terrorism, frenzy, assault, commotion, brutality, torture, turmoil, rage, intensity, uproar
Usage examples:
- This thing is going on too long- patience exhausted changes to fury. - "The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1563-64", John Lothrop Motley.
- The news had spread, of course, and the first class was in a fury of resentment against one of its own members. - "Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis", H. Irving Hancock.
- But to add to their fury by an act of defiance on our part! - "The Story of Old Fort Loudon", Charles Egbert Craddock.