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- DictionaryFu·ri·ous/ˈfyo͞orēəs/
adjective
- 1. extremely angry: "she was furious at this attempt to manipulate her" Similar enragedraginginfuriatedvery angryinflamedincandescentfumingboilingseethingincensediratefrenziedin a frenzyraving madmadmaddenedrantingravingwrathfulin a temperbeside oneselfin high dudgeonindignantoutragedinformal:lividhot under the collarhopping madwildapoplecticriledaeratedon the warpathup in armsfoaming at the mouthsteamed upin a latherfit to be tiedup the wallas cross as two sticksin a paddysorebent out of shapesoreheadedropeablesnakycrookvexinformal, dated:in a bateliterary:irefulwrothOpposite calmplacid
- ▪ full of anger or energy; violent or intense: "he drove at a furious speed" Similar fiercewildviolentintensevehementunrestrainedheatedhotpassionatefierylivelytumultuousturbulenttempestuousstormyboisterousblusterygustygustingwindysquallyroughraginghowlingroaringfoulfilthydirtynastyOpposite mildcalm
Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French furieus, from Latin furiosus, from furia ‘fury’.
Derivatives
- 1. furiousness noun
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