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fury

noun
/ˈfjʊə.ɹi/UK/ˈfjʊɹ.i/US/ˈfjʉːɹi/

Etymology

Friom Middle English Furie, from Latin Furiae, a name used for the three Erinyes, being the plural of furia ("rage").

  1. derived from furia
  2. derived from furie
  3. inherited from furie

Definitions

  1. Extreme anger.

    • 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.

  2. Strength or violence in action.

  3. An angry or malignant person.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A thief.

      • But have an eye to your plate , for there be Furies.

    2. A female personification of vengeance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fury. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01fury02extreme03excessive04immoderate05moderate06mild07angered08angry09stormy

A definitional loop anchored at fury. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at fury

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA