furious
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#FURIOUSCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#FURIOUS furious, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#FURIOUS furieus, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#FURIOUS furiōsus. Displaced native Old English hātheort (literally “hot-hearted”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfjʊə.ɹɪəs/Category:English 2-syllable words#FURIOUSCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FURIOUS
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfjʊɹ.i.əs/, /ˈfjɝ.i.əs/Category:English 3-syllable words#FURIOUSCategory:English 3-syllable words#FURIOUSCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FURIOUS
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#FURIOUSAudio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: fu‧ri‧ous
- Rhymes: -ʊəɹiəsCategory:Rhymes:English/ʊəɹiəs#FURIOUSCategory:Rhymes:English/ʊəɹiəs/3 syllables#FURIOUS
Adjective
furious (comparative more furious, superlative most furious)Category:English lemmas#FURIOUSCategory:English adjectives#FURIOUSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FURIOUSCategory:Pages with entries#FURIOUSCategory:Pages with 2 entries#FURIOUS
- Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
- Synonyms: fierce, infuriate, rampant; see also Thesaurus:ferocious
- a furious animal; parent furious at their child's behaviourCategory:English terms with usage examples#FURIOUS
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.Category:English terms with quotations#FURIOUS
- Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
Derived terms
Translations
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old FrenchCategory:Middle English terms borrowed from Old French#FURIOUSCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old French#FURIOUS furieus, from LatinCategory:Middle English terms derived from Latin#FURIOUS furiōsus; equivalent to furie + -ousCategory:Middle English terms suffixed with -ous#FURIOUS.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌfiu̯riˈuːs/, /ˈfiu̯rius/Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#FURIOUS
Adjective
furiousCategory:Middle English lemmas#FURIOUSCategory:Middle English adjectives#FURIOUSCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#FURIOUSCategory:Pages with entries#FURIOUSCategory:Pages with 2 entries#FURIOUS
- furious, raging
- ferocious, frightening
- extreme, severe
- (rareCategory:Middle English terms with rare senses#FURIOUS) impetuous, hasty
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: furious
References
- “fūriǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.