Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging. synonym: angry.
- adjective Full of intensity; energetic or fierce.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of fury; transported with passion; raging; violent: as, a furious animal.
- Mad; frenzied; insane.
- Marked by fury or impetuosity; impelled by or moving with violence; vehement; boisterous: as, a furious blow; a furious wind or storm.
- Synonyms Impetuous, flerce, frantic, tumultuous, turbulent, tempestuous, stormy, angry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.
- adjective Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Transported with
passion orfury ;raging ;violent ; as, a furious animal. - adjective
Rushing withimpetuosity ; moving withviolence ; as, a furiousstream ; a furiouswind orstorm .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
- adjective marked by extreme anger
- adjective marked by extreme and violent energy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Jonah advanced on her, his expression furious enough to make Sorcha cringe.
My Soul to Keep Sharie Kohler 2010
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Former Health Minister George Smitherman earned the moniker "furious George" during a round of earlier fractious negotiations in 2005.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed KAREN HOWLETT 2011
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Former Health Minister George Smitherman earned the moniker "furious George" during a round of earlier fractious negotiations in 2005.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed KAREN HOWLETT 2011
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He dodged the attack of her boots, his expression furious, eyes like ice, the flame at the center twisting blue-cold.
My Soul to Keep Sharie Kohler 2010
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Isabelle stood behind him, her expression furious.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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Isabelle stood behind him, her expression furious.
The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007
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English doesn't have the equivalent of enojadísimo, but "furious" is a better translation than "very angry."
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English doesn't have the equivalent of enojadísimo, but "furious" is a better translation than "very angry."
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English doesn't have the equivalent of enojadísimo, but "furious" is a better translation than "very angry."
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English doesn't have the equivalent of enojadísimo, but "furious" is a better translation than "very angry."
maesepedro commented on the word furious
a friend was narrowly dissuaded from using this as the first name for her first born: Furious Johnson.
January 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word furious
Meet Livid Johnson
January 28, 2008