Synonyms for fury
ˈfyʊər ifu·ry

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1. fury

   Displeasure is the mildest and most general word. Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used alone in the sense of anger is colloquial, tho we may correctly say a hot temper, a fiery temper, etc. Passion, tho a word of far wider application, may, in the singular, be employed to denote anger; "did put me in a towering passion," Shakespeare Hamlet act v, sc. 2. Anger is violent and vindictive emotion, which is sharp, sudden, and, like all violent passions, necessarily brief. Resentment (a feeling back or feeling over again) is persistent, the bitter brooding over injuries. Exasperation, a roughening, is a hot, superficial intensity of anger, demanding instant expression. Rage drives one beyond the bounds of prudence or discretion; fury is stronger yet, and sweeps one away into uncontrollable violence. Anger is personal and usually selfish, aroused by real or supposed wrong to oneself, and directed specifically and intensely against the person who is viewed as blameworthy. Indignation is impersonal and unselfish displeasure at unworthy acts (Latin indigna), i. e., at wrong as wrong. Pure indignation is not followed by regret, and needs no repentance; it is also more self-controlled than anger. Anger is commonly a sin; indignation is often a duty. Wrath is deep and perhaps vengeful displeasure, as when the people of Nazareth were "filled with wrath" at the plain words of Jesus (Luke iv, 28); it may, however, simply express the culmination of righteous indignation without malice in a pure being; as, the wrath of God. Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. Irritation, petulance, and vexation are temporary and for immediate cause. Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any petty matter an occasion for their exercise. Compare ACRIMONY; ENMITY; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   anger, animosity, choler, displeasure, exasperation, fretfulness, impatience, indignation, ire, irritation, offense, passion, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, rage, resentment, temper, vexation, wrath

   Antonyms:
   amiability, charity, forbearance, gentleness, leniency, lenity, long-suffering, love, mildness, patience, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness, self-control, self-restraint

   Preposition:
   Anger at the insult prompted the reply. Anger toward the offender exaggerates the offense.

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1. fury, rage, madnessnoun

   a feeling of intense anger

   "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"

   Synonyms:
   fad, hydrophobia, foolishness, furiousness, hysteria, craze, vehemence, insaneness, cult, rabidness, madness, ferocity, violence, delirium, passion, fierceness, furore, rabies, frenzy, rage, lyssa, folly, craziness, lunacy, wildness, rabidity, furor

2. craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysterianoun

   state of violent mental agitation

   Synonyms:
   fad, hysterical neurosis, furiousness, hysteria, craze, vehemence, cult, madness, ferocity, violence, delirium, fierceness, furore, frenzy, rage, wildness, furor

3. ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildnessnoun

   the property of being wild or turbulent

   "the storm's violence"

   Synonyms:
   rage, delirium, emphasis, craze, frenzy, abandon, madness, wildness, force, violence, vehemence, furiousness, ferocity, hysteria, fierceness

4. Fury, Eumenides, Erinyesnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   frenzy, rage, madness, craze, violence, delirium, wildness, vehemence, hysteria, furiousness, ferocity, fierceness

Matched Categories

1. • Anger
   • Classical Mythology
   • Intensity
   • Mythical Monster

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. furynoun

   Synonyms:
   rage, frenzy, madness, FUROR, violent anger

2. furynoun

   Synonyms:
   impetuosity, vehemence

3. furynoun

   Synonyms:
   goddess of vengeance

4. furynoun

   Synonyms:
   vixen, virago, hag, shrew, termagant, beldam, xantippe, turbulent woman

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. furynoun

   Synonyms:
   wrath, rage, indignation, ire, frenzy, virago, termagant, shrew, vixen, beldame, xantippe, agitation, excitement, turbulence

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1. List of paraphrases for "fury":

   rage, anger, wrath, outrage, frenzy, busybody

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1. List of known nicknames for "Fury":

   Steve Blakely

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1. David Hume:

   The great end of all human industry, is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modelled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators. Even the lonely savage, who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements and the fury of wild beasts, forgets not, for a moment, this grand object, of his being.

2. Kelly Ripa:

   Looking back on the history of ‘Live’s' replacement of co-hosts they really do seem to take their time, however, Kelly Ripa's fury at her treatment by ABC during Strahan's departure has hardly been a secret. It's very possible that the network has been more concerned with their treatment of her than they've been with seating a co-host beside her. After all, if they lose her, then they have no show and it wouldn't matter who was chosen.

3. Francis Quarles:

   Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

4. Colley Cibber:

   We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

5. Dan Abrams:

   I am troubled by the fervor, occasional glee, and potentially disproportionate fury emanating from an unusual assortment of allies now determined to end Brian’s storied career based on what we know today. This alliance of certaincapital-J journalists,conservative bloggers, and some who simply despise any rich and famous journalist are a formidable force.

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