NOUN | feeling | fury, rage, madness | a feeling of intense anger |
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state | fury, craze, delirium, frenzy, hysteria | state of violent mental agitation | |
attribute | fury, ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness | the property of being wild or turbulent | |
person | Fury, Eumenides, Erinyes | (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals |
Sounds | fyuh'riy | |
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Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... |
Meaning | A feeling of intense anger. | |
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Example | "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" | |
Synonyms | rage, madness | |
Narrower | lividity | A state of fury so great the face becomes discolored |
wrath | Intense anger (usually on an epic scale) | |
Broader | anger, choler, ire | A strong emotion |
Spanish | furia, furor, rabia | |
Catalan | fúria, furor, ràbia | |
Adjectives | furious | marked by extreme / extreme anger |
Verbs | infuriate | make furious |
Meaning | state of violent mental agitation. | |
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Synonyms | craze, delirium, frenzy, hysteria | |
Narrower | mass hysteria, epidemic hysertia | A condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation |
nympholepsy | A frenzy of emotion | |
Broader | mania, manic disorder | A mood disorder |
Spanish | delirio, frenesí, histeria, histerismo, locura, manía | |
Catalan | bogeria, deliri, frenesia, frenesí, histèria, histerisme | |
Verbs | infuriate | make furious |
Meaning | The property of being wild or turbulent. | |
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Synonyms | ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness | |
Narrower | savageness, savagery | The property of being untamed and ferocious |
Broader | intensity, intensiveness | high level or degree |
Spanish | braveza, bravura, ferocidad, fiereza, fuerza, furia, vehemencia, violencia | |
Catalan | bravesa, bravura, fúria, violència | |
Adjectives | furious | (of the elements) as if showing violent anger |
Meaning | (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals. | |
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Synonyms | Eumenides, Erinyes | |
Category | classical mythology | The system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together |
Instance of | mythical monster, mythical creature | A monster renowned in folklore and myth |
Narrower | Alecto | One of the three Furies |
Megaera | One of the three Furies | |
Tisiphone | One of the three Furies |
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