fury

Definition

Extreme anger.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd."
• "The building of the railway in this notable beauty spot roused the great Victorian writer John Ruskin to fury."
• "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."