Fury

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈfjÊŠri/

From Old French furie, from Latin furia ("rage")

Full definition of fury

Noun

1. Extreme anger.
2. Strength or violence in action.
3. An angry or malignant person.
• 1907, Robert Chambers, The Younger Set Chapter 6, “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,...the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, … !”

Derived terms

• furious

Latin fur ("thief").

Noun

1. (obsolete) A thief.
• J. FletcherHave an eye to your plate, for there be furies.