Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Extreme anger.

    Wut

    я́ростьjárostʹ, бе́шенствоbéšenstvo, неи́стовствоneístovstvo

    a feeling of intense anger

  2. (countable, uncountable)Strength or violence in action.

  3. (countable, uncountable)An angry or malignant person.

    Furie

  4. (obsolete)A thief.

Examples

34 sentences
  1. Tom's sadness quickly turned to fury.

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  2. Friendly words will mitigate their fury.

    deFreundliche Worte werden ihre Wut abmildern.

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  3. Tom was beside himself with fury.

    ruТом был вне себя от ярости.

    deTom war außer sich vor Wut.

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  4. Kind words will mitigate their fury.

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  5. The fury went out of her speeches.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
extreme anger:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
extreme anger:
an angry or malignant person:

Origin

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

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

Borrowed from Latin fur (“thief”).

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Forms

plural: furies
Singularfury
Pluralfuries

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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