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furious

[ fyoor-ee-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged:
He was furious about the accident.
intensely violent, as wind or storms.
of unrestrained energy, speed, etc.:
furious activity.

furious

/ ˈfjʊərɪəs /

Origin of furious¹

First recorded in 1300–50; a Middle English word from the Latin word furiōsus; fury, -ous

The story was so appalling, the attack so brutish and morally offensive, that it provoked an immediate, furious response.

I also believe the administration is hiding something about Benghazi and Fast and Furious, but the key word is “believe.”

“Operation Fast and Furious” continues to rankle some Republicans.

“They are furious with Pippa,” an aristocratic source told Radar Online at the time.

Many Syrian rebels remain furious with what they view as a cynical U.S. decision to intervene in Syria against ISIS but not Assad.

A furious controversy concerning this picture had arisen among art critics.

A furious storm raged at the time, which destroyed two Swedish ships.

It began by a furious attack upon the village of Asperne, which was taken and retaken several times.

He swept Aristide aside like an intercepting willow-branch, and poured forth a torrent of furious speech upon his wife.

Luna rushed down the stairs in a furious rage and insulted Captain Janolino in the presence of his troops.

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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