fury
n.
anger, wrath; wildness, madness; violence
Fury
Fury
Noun
1. (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
(synonym) Eumenides, Erinyes
(hypernym) mythical monster, mythical creature
(hyponym) Alecto
(classification) classical mythology
fury
Noun
1. a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"
(synonym) rage, madness
(hypernym) anger, choler, ire
(hyponym) wrath
(derivation) infuriate, exasperate, incense
2. state of violent mental agitation
(synonym) craze, delirium, frenzy, hysteria
(hypernym) mania, manic disorder
(hyponym) nympholepsy
(derivation) infuriate, exasperate, incense
3. the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"
(synonym) ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness
(hypernym) intensity, intensiveness
Fury
(n.)
Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm.
(n.)
Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence.
(n.)
pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera; the Erinyes or Eumenides.
(n.)
One of the Parcae, or Fates, esp. Atropos.
(n.)
A thief.
(n.)
A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Fury
as attributed to God, is a figurative expression for dispensing afflictive judgments (Lev. 26:28; Job 20:23; Isa. 63:3; Jer. 4:4; Ezek. 5:13; Dan. 9:16; Zech. 8:2).