Furibund

Quick meaning: Furibund is an adjective meaning (formal, literary) Having a propensity to be furious; choleric, irate.

Meaning

(formal, literary) Having a propensity to be furious; choleric, irate.

Example Sentences

Fie, frantike, fabulators, furibund, and fatuate, / Out, oblatrant, oblict, obstacle, and obsecate.

Or burley Hero [Ajax the Great] Sev'nfold Targe who bore, / With Choler furibund, vindictive Steel / Plunging in Brutal Gore; [...]

And what mean these outbursts and objurgations of his, you will ask; these suggestions, furtive, rhapsodical, mystical; this furibund allegro about Money, Mediums, and Bohemia; [...]

The story itself is a strange, wild, furibund thing—about Captain Ahab's vow of revenge against one Moby Dick. And who is Moby Dick? A fellow of a whale, who has made free with the captain's leg; [...]

Synonyms for furibund

Depending on context, synonyms include agitated, angry, annoyed, apoplectic, bad-tempered, berserk.

Antonyms for furibund

Common opposites include calm, collected, composed, cool-headed, equable, equanimous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include furibundal, furisome, furial, infuriable, rabid, ragey.

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