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Word: Fury
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Old French furie, from Latin furia, from furiosus ‘furious’, from furere ‘be mad, rage’
ˈfjʊəri
wild or violent anger
Short Definition:wild anger
Examples:- tears of fury and frustration
- Rachel shouted, beside herself with fury
extreme strength or violence in an action or a natural phenomenon
Short Definition:extreme strength or violence
Examples:- the fury of a gathering storm
- she was paddling with a new fury
a spirit of punishment, often represented as one of three goddesses who pronounced curses on the guilty and inflicted famines and pestilences. The Furies were identified at an early date with the Eumenides.
Short Definition:spiritual being
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