Fury Meaning
/ˈfjʊə.ɹi/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounExtreme anger.
nounStrength or violence in action.
Sentence Examples
Music gives sound to fury, shape to joy.
He was bursting with fury.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The fans reacted with ____ when their team lost the final.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The storm struck the coastal town with relentless ____, causing widespread damage to many buildings.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English furie, from Old French furie, from Latin furia (“rage”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd."
— 1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39:
"The building of the railway in this notable beauty spot roused the great Victorian writer John Ruskin to fury."
— 1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 155:
"Small lightes are ſoone blown out, huge fires abide, / And with the winde in greater furie fret: / The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det / To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt, / Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt."
— 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
"I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!"
— 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
"But have an eye to your plate , for there be Furies."
— 1625 (date written), Iohn Fletcher, [Philip Massinger], The Elder Brother. A Comedie. […], London: […] F[elix] K[ingston] for J[ohn] W[aterson] and J[ohn] B[enson], published 1637, →OCLC, Act III, scene (please specify |scene=i or ii):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The fans reacted with ____ when their team lost the final.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The storm struck the coastal town with relentless ____, causing widespread damage to many buildings.