What does furious mean?

Definitions for furious
ˈfyʊər i əsfu·ri·ous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ferocious, fierce, furious, savageadjective

    marked by extreme and violent energy

    "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

  2. angered, enraged, furious, infuriated, maddenedadjective

    marked by extreme anger

    "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd"

  3. angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wildadjective

    (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

    "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"

Wiktionary

  1. furiousadjective

    Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal.

  2. furiousadjective

    Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. FURIOUSadjective

    Etymology: furieux, French; furiosus, Latin.

    No man did ever think the hurtful actions of furious men and innocents to be punishable. Richard Hooker, b. i. s. 9.

    Who can be wise, amaz’d, temp’rate and furious,
    Loyal and neutral in a moment? No man. William Shakespeare, Macb.

    To be furious,
    Is to be frighted out of fear; and, in that mood,
    The dove will peck the estridge. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopat.

ChatGPT

  1. furious

    Furious is an adjective describing a state of extreme anger, rage or intensity. The term often refers to uncontrolled or violent anger, but can also convey a sense of excessive energy, speed or intensity, such as a furious storm or a furious pace. It comes from the Latin "furious", meaning "mad, raging, frenzied".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Furiousadjective

    transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal

  2. Furiousadjective

    rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm

Wikidata

  1. Furious

    Furious is the only album by the supergroup Soopa Villainz released in 2005. The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard "Top Independent Albums" chart, #42 on the "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" chart and #92 on the Billboard 200.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Furious

    fū′ri-us, adj. full of fury: violent.—adj. Fū′ribund, raging.—ns. Furios′ity, madness; Furiō′so, a furious person.—adv. Fū′riously.—n. Fū′riousness. [O. Fr. furieus—L. furiōsusfuria, rage.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'furious' in Adjectives Frequency: #845

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of furious in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of furious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of furious in a Sentence

  1. Volodymyr Omelyan:

    I was his furious critic before the war started, but we put aside all political disputes and fight one enemy: Putin.

  2. Art Hogan:

    The selloff last week was an over reaction and the attempted rally was too fast and furious, i think the compression of time and speed of Wunderlich Equity Capital Markets causes the pendulum to swing too far on every move we make.

  3. Former President Trump:

    There is a fake news narrative that I was furious — it is just the opposite, the people I endorsed did very well. I was batting 98.6% in the primaries, and 216 to 19 in the general election — that is amazing.

  4. Laura Miranda:

    Waist trainers make me furious, the consensus in the medical community is pretty clear : They are not safe to use during exercise.

  5. Rory Bruer:

    It was a little scary to be in [‘Furious 7’s’] wake, but that Blart is tough stuff, we exceeded expectations and held our ground despite this juggernaut.

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