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   furious

   /ˈfjʊərɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. extremely angry: "he was furious when he learned about it" Similar enragedraginginfuriatedvery angryinflamedincandescentfumingboilingseethingincensediratefrenziedin a frenzyraving madmadmaddenedrantingravingwrathfulin a temperbeside oneselfin high dudgeonindignantoutragedinformal:lividhot under the collarhopping madwildapoplecticriledaeratedon the warpathup in armsfoaming at the mouthsteamed upin a latherfit to be tiedup the wallas cross as two sticksin a paddysorebent out of shapesoreheadedropeablesnakycrookvexinformal, dated:in a bateliterary:irefulwrothOpposite calmplacid
   • 2. full of anger or energy; violent or intense: "he drove at a furious speed" Similar fiercewildviolentintensevehementunrestrainedheatedhotpassionatefierylivelytumultuousturbulenttempestuousstormyboisterousblusterygustygustingwindysquallyroughraginghowlingroaringfoulfilthydirtynastyOpposite mildcalm

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French furieus, from Latin furiosus, from furia ‘fury’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. furiousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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