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fury
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[ˈfjʊəri], (Noun)
Definitions:
- wild or violent anger
(e.g: tears of fury and frustration)
- extreme strength or violence in an action or a natural phenomenon
(e.g: the fury of a gathering storm)
- a spirit of punishment, often represented as one of three goddesses who pronounced curses on the guilty and inflicted famines and pestilences. The Furies were identified at an early date with the Eumenides
Phrases:
- like fury
Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French furie, from Latin furia, from furiosus ‘furious’, from furere ‘be mad, rage’
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