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furibund

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfjʊɹɪbʌnd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfjʊə-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈfjʊɹɪbʌnd/

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adj

Meaning 1

Having a propensity to be furious; choleric, irate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: formal, literary

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: agitated, angry, annoyed, apoplectic, bad-tempered, berserk, big mad, blood-boiling, boiling mad, butthurt, cheesed off, choleric, cranky, cross, enraged, fit to be tied, frustrated, fuming, furibund, furious, fury, glimflashy, grim, hopping mad, ill-natured, incensed, infuriated, irate, ireful, ired, irritated, little mad, livid, mad, mad as a bear with a sore head, miffed, offended, pathetic, pissed off, p'd off, pissed, pissy, raging, ready to be tied, screwfaced, seething, spitting chips, splenetic, sore, steaming, up on one's ear, upset, vexed, waxy, wode, wrathful, wroth, zowerswopped

Antonyms: calm, steady, collected, composed, cool-headed, equable, equanimous, equanimitable, even-keeled, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, laid-back, level-headed, mellow, pacate, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, phlegmatic, placid, quiescent, quiet, relaxed, roolie, sedate, serene, still, tranquil, unexcited, unfazed, unflappable, unflustered, unperturbable, unruffable, unruffled, untumultuous

History

Etymology

From French furibond (“furious”) and Middle English furybound, furybounde, both borrowed from Latin furibundus (“frantic, frenzied; maddened, raving; inspired”), from furō (“to rave, rage”) + -bundus (suffix forming adjectives with an active or transitive meaning). The further etymology of furō is uncertain; a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dhewh2- (“smoke; haze, mist”) has been suggested.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: furibund — having a propensity to be furious — see also choleric, furious, irate
  • French: furibond — having a propensity to be furious — see also choleric, furious, irate
  • Latin: furibundus — having a propensity to be furious — see also choleric, furious, irate
  • Portuguese: furibundo — having a propensity to be furious — see also choleric, furious, irate
  • Spanish: furibundo — having a propensity to be furious — see also choleric, furious, irate