fury
noun /ˈfjʊəri/
/ˈfjʊri/
Idioms - [uncountable] extreme anger that often includes violent behaviour synonym rage
- Her eyes blazed with fury.
- Fury over tax increases (= as a newspaper headline)
- (figurative) There was no shelter from the fury of the storm.
Extra Examples- Fury erupted over a speech made by the Prime Minister.
- He growled with barely controlled fury.
- He kicked the tree in fury at his own stupidity.
- He reacted with cold fury.
- He vented his fury on a telephone box.
- He was beside himself with fury.
- He would have to face the full fury of his father.
- Her fury against him rose.
- His face and body sagged as his fury faded.
- I had never felt such fury before.
- I hoped she wouldn't turn her fury on me.
- She directed her fury at her father.
- The decision to close the factory has provoked fury.
- Her face was white with fury.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blind
- cold
- intense
- …
- be beside yourself with
- be shaking with
- feel
- …
- erupt
- grow
- mount
- …
- in (a) fury
- with fury
- fury against
- …
- turn your fury on somebody
- [singular] a state of being extremely angry about something synonym rage
- He flew into a fury when I refused.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1- She turned on him in a fury.
- He shouted at her in a fury, ‘Get out of my house!’
- In a cold fury my uncle hurled his son from the room.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blind
- cold
- intense
- …
- be beside yourself with
- be shaking with
- feel
- …
- erupt
- grow
- mount
- …
- in (a) fury
- with fury
- fury against
- …
- turn your fury on somebody
- the Furies[plural] (in ancient Greek stories) three goddesses who punish people for their crimes see also furious
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French furie, from Latin furia, from furiosus ‘furious’, from furere ‘be mad, rage’.
Idioms
hell hath no fury (like a woman scorned)
- used to refer to somebody, usually a woman, who has reacted very angrily to something, especially the fact that her husband or partner has been unfaithful
like fury
- (informal) with great effort, power, speed, etc.