English noun: fury | |||
1. | fury (feeling) a feeling of intense anger | ||
Samples | Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. His face turned red with rage. | ||
Synonyms | madness, rage | ||
Broader (hypernym) | anger, choler, ire | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | lividity, wrath | ||
2. | fury (state) state of violent mental agitation | ||
Synonyms | craze, delirium, frenzy, hysteria | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mania, manic disorder | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | epidemic hysertia, mass hysteria, nympholepsy | ||
3. | fury (attribute) the property of being wild or turbulent | ||
Samples | The storm's violence. | ||
Synonyms | ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | intensity, intensiveness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | savageness, savagery | ||
4. | Fury (person) (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals | ||
Synonyms | Erinyes, Eumenides | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Alecto, Megaera, Tisiphone | ||
Instance hypernym | mythical creature, mythical monster | ||
Domain category | classical mythology | ||