unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like: The gods unleashed their fury on the offending mortal.
violence; vehemence; fierceness: the fury of a hurricane; a fury of creative energy.
Furies,Classical Mythology. minor female divinities: the daughters of Gaia who punished crimes at the instigation of the victims: known to the Greeks as the Erinyes or Eumenides and to the Romans as the Furiae or Dirae. Originally there were an indefinite number, but were later restricted to Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone.
a fierce and violent person, especially a woman: She became a fury when she felt she was unjustly accused.
Idioms for fury
like fury, Informal. violently; intensely: It rained like fury.
Origin of fury
First recorded in 1350–1400; from Middle English furey, furye, from Old French furie, from Latin furia “rage,” equivalent to fur(ere) “to be angry, rage” + -ia, noun suffix; see -y2
The American people are perfectly capable of judging the policies that affect their lives and conveying the fury they would feel toward politicians who would threaten them.
The definitive case for ending the filibuster|Ezra Klein|October 1, 2020|Vox
It is easy to imagine a Republican Party that tips deeper into ethnonationalist grievance and social traditionalism in the coming years and builds a fuller agenda through which to express its furies.
The definitive case for ending the filibuster|Ezra Klein|October 1, 2020|Vox
It poses a unique opportunity for bad actors to inject misinformation into the situation and for fury and frustration to build.
Most Americans understand that we probably won’t see a winner on election night|Philip Bump|September 23, 2020|Washington Post
As he has throughout the course of his political career, he doubled down and struck back at his opponents with equal if not greater fury.
Sexual misconduct allegations are playing out just like they did in 2016—even after the #MeToo movement|reymashayekhi|September 22, 2020|Fortune
It’s impossible to attribute the fury of any one storm to climate change, but scientists have observed a statistically significant link between warmer waters and hurricane intensity.
What’s behind August 2020’s extreme weather? Climate change and bad luck|Carolyn Gramling|August 27, 2020|Science News
The song is about rage and fury and passion, and I had a lot of pain that I wanted to release.
Shut Up, Lady Gaga’s Rape Isn’t About You|Amy Zimmerman|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Head mistress Jean Harris is the ultimate proof of “Hell Hath No Fury like a Woman Scorned.”