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fury

/ˈfjʊɹ.i/noun2 syllables

Fury means: the property of being wild or turbulent.

Synonyms for fury16

noun, as in the property of being wild or turbulent

ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness

noun, as in state of violent mental agitation

craze, delirium, frenzy, hysteria

noun, as in (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals

Eumenides, Erinyes

noun, as in a feeling of intense anger

rage, madness

also used for fury

apoplexy, ire

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What does fury mean?4

noun

1

the property of being wild or turbulent“the storm's violence”

2

state of violent mental agitation

3

(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals

4

a feeling of intense anger“hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with fury?2

two syllables

jury

three syllables

missouri
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Fury in a sentence

  • Music gives sound to fury, shape to joy.boink
  • In their cruel fury, the jingoists several times bared their bloodthirsty fangs to him.Objectivesea
  • I shook in fury, unable to form any words.end
  • The fury of the storm frightened the children.unknown
  • Few things can match the unmitigated fury of child preachers.papabear
  • Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.soliloquist
  • Hell has no fury like a woman scorned.soliloquist
  • He headed like a fury to the kitchen.felidad

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Forms of fury

as a noun

plural
furies