Standard Lemma guide

fury

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfjʊə.ɹi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfjɔːɹi/
  • General-American: /ˈfjʊɹ.i/
  • General-American: /ˈfjɝ.i/
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈfjʉːɹi/
  • Ireland: /ˈfjuːɹi/
  • rhymes with -ʊəɹi
  • CMU ARPABET: F Y UH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A female personification of vengeance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Greek

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Extreme anger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Strength or violence in action.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An angry or malignant person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A thief.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the property of being wild or turbulent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the storm's violence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: intensity, intensiveness

Narrower terms: savageness, savagery

7

noun

Meaning 7

a feeling of intense anger

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rage, madness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anger, choler, ire

Narrower terms: wrath, lividity

8

noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Eumenides, Erinyes

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mythical monster, mythical creature

Narrower terms: Alecto, Megaera, Tisiphone

9

noun

Meaning 9

state of violent mental agitation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: craze, delirium, frenzy, hysteria

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mania, manic disorder

Narrower terms: nympholepsy, mass hysteria, epidemic hysertia

History

Etymology

Friom Middle English Furie, from Latin Furiae, a name used for the three Erinyes, being the plural of furia ("rage").

From Middle English furie, from Old French furie, from Latin furia (“rage”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bher- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bhṓr Proto-Italic *fōr Latin furbor. English fury Borrowed from Latin fur (“thief”).

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: furio — female personification of vengeance
  • Finnish: raivotar — female personification of vengeance
  • German: Furie — female personification of vengeance
  • Greek: Ερινύες (Erinýes) — female personification of vengeance
  • Ancient Greek: Ἐρινύς (Erinús) — female personification of vengeance
  • Hungarian: Fúria — female personification of vengeance
  • Macedonian: фу́рија (fúrija) — female personification of vengeance
  • Marathi: फ्यूरी (phyūrī) — female personification of vengeance
  • Middle English: Furie — female personification of vengeance
  • Polish: Furia — female personification of vengeance
  • Russian: фу́рия (fúrija) — female personification of vengeance
  • Spanish: furia — female personification of vengeance
  • Swedish: furie — female personification of vengeance
  • Ukrainian: фу́рія (fúrija) — female personification of vengeance
  • Arabic: حَنَق (ḥanaq) — extreme anger
  • Arabic: غَيْظ (ḡayẓ) — extreme anger
  • Arabic: غضب (ḡaḍab) — extreme anger
  • Armenian: կատաղություն (kataġutʻyun) — extreme anger
  • Bulgarian: ярост (jarost) — extreme anger
  • Bulgarian: бяс (bjas) — extreme anger
  • Catalan: fúria — extreme anger
  • Catalan: ràbia — extreme anger
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狂怒 (kuángnù) — extreme anger
  • Czech: zuřivost — extreme anger
  • Danish: raseri — extreme anger
  • Dutch: razernij — extreme anger
  • Esperanto: furiozo — extreme anger
  • Esperanto: kolerego — extreme anger
  • Finnish: raivo — extreme anger
  • German: Wut — extreme anger
  • Greek: οργή (orgí) — extreme anger
  • Greek: μανία (manía) — extreme anger
  • Greek: λύσσα (lýssa) — extreme anger
  • Ancient Greek: λύσσα (lússa) — extreme anger
  • Hebrew: זעם (zá'am) — extreme anger
  • Hindi: प्रकोप (prakop) — extreme anger
  • Hungarian: düh — extreme anger
  • Hungarian: dühöngés — extreme anger
  • Hungarian: tombolás — extreme anger
  • Hungarian: őrjöngés — extreme anger
  • Ido: furio — extreme anger
  • Indonesian: angkara — extreme anger
  • Irish: aonachas — extreme anger
  • Italian: furia — extreme anger
  • Italian: furore — extreme anger
  • Kazakh: қаһар (qahar) — extreme anger
  • Kazakh: зығырдан (zyğyrdan) — extreme anger
  • Latin: furia — extreme anger
  • Macedonian: јарост (jarost) — extreme anger
  • Macedonian: бес (bes) — extreme anger
  • Māori: nguha — extreme anger
  • Middle English: furie — extreme anger
  • Norwegian Bokmål: raseri — extreme anger
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: raseri — extreme anger
  • Old English: hātheortnes — extreme anger
  • Old Saxon: ābolganhēd — extreme anger
  • Plautdietsch: Wutt — extreme anger
  • Polish: furia — extreme anger
  • Polish: szał — extreme anger
  • Polish: wściekłość — extreme anger
  • Portuguese: fúria — extreme anger
  • Portuguese: ira — extreme anger
  • Portuguese: furor — extreme anger
  • Portuguese: cólera — extreme anger
  • Romanian: furie — extreme anger
  • Romanian: mânie — extreme anger
  • Russian: я́рость (járostʹ) — extreme anger
  • Russian: бе́шенство (béšenstvo) — extreme anger
  • Russian: неи́стовство (neístovstvo) — extreme anger
  • Serbo-Croatian: jarost — extreme anger
  • Spanish: furia — extreme anger
  • Spanish: rabia — extreme anger
  • Spanish: furor — extreme anger
  • Swedish: raseri — extreme anger
  • Swedish: vrede — extreme anger
  • Swedish: ursinne — extreme anger
  • Turkish: gazap — extreme anger
  • Turkish: hiddet — extreme anger
  • Turkish: hışım — extreme anger
  • Turkish: öfke — extreme anger
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوفكه (ufke, öfke) — extreme anger
  • Ottoman Turkish: قیزغینلق (kızgınlık) — extreme anger
  • Volapük: lezun — extreme anger
  • Volapük: vut — extreme anger
  • Bulgarian: ярост (jarost) — strength or violence in action
  • Finnish: vimma — strength or violence in action
  • Finnish: kiihko — strength or violence in action
  • Māori: nguha — strength or violence in action
  • Sanskrit: त्विष् (tviṣ) — strength or violence in action
  • Spanish: furia — strength or violence in action
  • Turkish: hışım — strength or violence in action
  • Arabic: حَنِق (ḥaniq) — an angry or malignant person
  • Arabic: مُغْتَاظ (muḡtāẓ) — an angry or malignant person
  • Bulgarian: фурия (furija) — an angry or malignant person
  • German: Furie — an angry or malignant person
  • Swedish: furie — an angry or malignant person