English-Thai Dictionary

fury

N ความโกรธ จัด  ความ เดือดดาล  furiousness rage wrath kwam-kod-jad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FURY

n.[L. furor, furia, furo, to rage. ] 1. A violent rushing; impetuous motion; as the fury of the winds.
2. Rage; a storm of anger; madness; turbulence.
I do oppose my patience to his fury.
3. Enthusiasm; heat of the mind.
4. In mythology, a deity; a goddess of vengeance; hence, a stormy turbulent, violent woman.

 

FURYLIKE

a.Raging; furious; violent.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FURY

Fu "ry, n. Etym: [L. fur. ]

 

Defn: A thief. [Obs. ] Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies. J. Fleteher.

 

FURY

Fu "ry, n.; pl. Furies. Etym: [L. furia, fr. furere to rage: cf. F.furie. Cf. Furor. ]

 

1. Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm. Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired. Sir P. Sidney.

 

2. Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence. "Fury of the wind. " Shak. I do oppose my patience to his fury. Shak.

 

3. pl. (Greek Myth. ) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megæra; the Erinyes or Eumenides. The Furies, they said, are attendants on justice, and if the sun in heaven should transgress his path would punish him. Emerson.

 

4. One of the Parcæ, or Fates, esp. Atropos. [R.] Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin- spun life. Milton.

 

5. A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant.

 

Syn. -- Anger; indignation; resentment; wrath; ire; rage; vehemence; violence; fierceness; turbulence; madness; frenzy. See Anger.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fury

fu ry |ˈfyo͝orē ˈfjuri | ▶noun ( pl. furies ) 1 wild or violent anger: tears of fury and frustration | Rachel shouted, beside herself with fury. • (a fury ) a surge of violent anger or other feeling: in a fury, he lashed the horse on. • [ in sing. ] violence or energy displayed in natural phenomena or in someone's actions: the fury of a gathering storm | she was paddling with a new fury. 2 ( Fury ) Greek Mythology a spirit of punishment, often represented as one of three goddesses who executed the curses pronounced upon criminals, tortured the guilty with stings of conscience, and inflicted famines and pestilences. The Furies were identified at an early date with the Eumenides. • dated used to convey a woman's anger or aggression by comparing her to such a spirit: she turned on him like a vengeful fury. PHRASES like fury informal with great energy or effort: she fought like fury in his arms. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French furie, from Latin furia, from furiosus ‘furious, ’ from furere ‘be mad, rage. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

fury

fury |ˈfjʊəri | ▶noun ( pl. furies ) 1 [ mass noun ] wild or violent anger: tears of fury and frustration | Rachel shouted, beside herself with fury. • (a fury ) a surge of violent anger or other strong feeling: in a fury, he lashed the horse on. 2 extreme strength or violence in an action or a natural phenomenon: the fury of a gathering storm | she was paddling with a new fury. 3 ( Fury ) Greek Mythology 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. PHRASES like fury informal with great energy or effort: she fought like fury in his arms. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French furie, from Latin furia, from furiosus ‘furious ’, from furere ‘be mad, rage ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fury

fury noun 1 she exploded with fury: rage, anger, wrath, outrage, spleen, temper; crossness, indignation, umbrage, annoyance, exasperation; literary ire, choler. ANTONYMS good humor. 2 the fury of the storm: fierceness, ferocity, violence, turbulence, tempestuousness, savagery; severity, intensity, vehemence, force, forcefulness, power, strength. ANTONYMS mildness. 3 she turned on her mother like a fury: virago, hellcat, termagant, spitfire, vixen, shrew, harridan, dragon, gorgon; (Furies ) Greek Mythology Eumenides.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fury

fury noun 1 she exploded with fury: rage, anger, wrath, passion, outrage, spleen, temper, savagery, frenzy, madness; crossness, indignation, umbrage, annoyance, exasperation; literary ire, choler, bile. ANTONYMS good humour; calmness. 2 the fury of the storm: fierceness, ferocity, violence, turbulence, tempestuousness, savagery; severity, intensity, vehemence, force, forcefulness, power, potency, strength; rare ferity. ANTONYMS mildness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fury

fu ry /fjʊ́ ə ri /名詞 複 furies /-z /1 U C ｟書 ｠〖通例単数形で 〗(しばしば暴力を伴うほどの )激怒 (!狂気に近いほどの怒り; →anger 類義 ) ▸ He was beside himself with fury .彼は怒りで我を忘れていた 2 U 〖時にa ～〗激怒している状態 ▸ Bob yelled at me in a fury .ボブは激怒して僕をどなりつけた ▸ fly into a fury (すぐに )かっとなる 3 U 〖時にa ～〗(天候 戦争 病気などの )激しさ, 激烈, 狂暴 ▸ work with fury がむしゃらに働く ▸ the fury of a storm あらしの猛威 4 〖the Furies; 複数扱い 〗〘ギ神 ロ神 〙フリアエ , 復讐 （ふくしゆう ）の3女神 .5 C ｟くだけて ｠怒って暴れる [気性の激しい ]人 (!特に女性 ) .like f ú ry ｟くだけて ｠懸命に, 猛烈に, 思い切り, すごいスピードで (furiously ).