Furious
['fjʊərɪəs] or ['fjʊrɪəs]
Definition
(a.) Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal.
(a.) Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.
Editor: Maynard
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Raging, frantic, infuriated, frenzied, mad, violent, fierce, very angry.[2]. Vehement, impetuous, tempestuous, stormy, boisterous, tumultuous, turbulent.
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Definition
adj. full of fury: violent.—adj. Fū′ribund raging.—ns. Furios′ity madness; Furiō′so a furious person.—adv. Fū′riously.—n. Fū′riousness.
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Examples
- As the smoke cleared, leaving an awful stillness, it passed out on the air, like the soul of the furious woman whose body lay lifeless on the ground. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- To punish a scoundrel, burst out the furious Greek, stamping his foot. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You are a cursed emigrant, cried a farrier, making at him in a furious manner through the press, hammer in hand; and you are a cursed aristocrat! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Furious with you? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I felt dizzy and furious. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He had all his life been tortured by a furious and destructive demon, which possessed him sometimes like an insanity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The black warrior was furious and frightened, but more frightened than furious. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He thought a trap had been laid for him, and was as furious with the wife as with the husband. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Round the right corner of the battery came a furious crowd, headed by a huge negro, for Alcibiades had no liking for heading such a forlorn hope. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Isidor was furious as Jos put on the braided frock. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Sympson rose up furious. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Being no longer sullen or furious, he grew, after his fashion, constrained and embarrassed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Caliphronas, who had suppressed his rage with difficulty, now burst out in a passion of furious anger, hardly knowing what he was saying. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In the afternoon, a thunderstorm came up, and had but newly broken into a furious sweep of rain when he rushed in at the door, like the storm itself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Zat Arras and his officers were furious, but they were helpless. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- You--you're a shuffler, sir,' gasped the furious doctor, 'a poltroon--a coward--a liar--a--a--will nothing induce you to give me your card, sir! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His Grace now became furious again, and so did his gentle duchess. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- When I should have flattered them I have told them what I think they should do and now they are furious. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- My brother will be furious. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I would not have trusted her with the rack itself, while that furious look lasted. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Everywhere was tumult, exultation, deafening and maniacal bewilderment, astounding noise, yet furious dumb-show. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- We mounted, and the boys ran behind us and kept the donkeys in a furious gallop, as is the fashion at Damascus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Peace, he replied; most gladly have I escaped the thing of which you speak; I feel as if I had escaped from a mad and furious master. Plato. The Republic.
- His man drove as if he were charging an enemy, and the furious recklessness of the man brought no check into the face, or to the lips, of the master. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The tempter stood by him, too,--blinded by furious, despotic will,--every moment pressing him to shun that agony by the betrayal of the innocent. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The little major looked at us furious. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Furious with terror, he raised his stick, and struck Edmunds a heavy blow across the face. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oldacre gave an uneasy laugh, shrinking back from the furious red face of the angry detective. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Generally our atmosphere is quiet, and we are utterly unconscious of it; at other times we are painfully aware of it, because of its furious winds. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- On his looking up, the row of heads suddenly disappeared, and the sound of pens travelling at a furious rate over paper, immediately succeeded. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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