What does fury mean?
Fury means Extreme anger..
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/ˈfjʊə.ɹi/ · noun
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.
Small lightes are ſoone blown out, huge fires abide, / And with the winde in greater furie fret: / The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det / To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt, / Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt.
I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!
But have an eye to your plate , for there be Furies.
Use fury when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fury means Extreme anger..
Common synonyms include vehemence, hysteria, frenzy, rage.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.
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