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furious

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fu·ri·ous  (fyr-s)
adj.
1. Full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging.
2. Suggestive of extreme anger in action or appearance; fierce. See Synonyms at angry.
3. Full of activity; energetic or rapid: the furious pace of the trading floor.

[Middle English, from Old French furieus, from Latin furisus, from furia, fury; see fury.]

furi·ous·ly adv.

furious [ˈfjʊərɪəs]
adj
1. extremely angry or annoyed; raging
2. violent, wild, or unrestrained, as in speed, vigour, energy, etc.
furiously  adv
furiousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.furious - marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
violent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike"
2.furious - marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd"
angry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"
3.furious - (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"
stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"

furious
adjective
1. angry, mad, raging, boiling, fuming, choked, frantic, pissed (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), frenzied, infuriated, incensed, enraged, maddened, inflamed, very angry, cross, pissed off (taboo slang), livid (informal), up in arms, incandescent, on the warpath (informal), foaming at the mouth, wrathful, in high dudgeon, wroth (archaic), fit to be tied (slang), beside yourself He is furious at the way his wife has been treated.
angry pleased, calm, mild, serene, tranquil, placated, dispassionate, impassive, imperturbable
Translations
furious [ˈfjʊərɪəs] ADJ
1. (= angry) [person, reaction] → furioso
to be furious (with sb)estar furioso(con algn)
she'll be furious if she finds outse va a poner furiosa si se entera
to get furiousponerse furioso
2. (= violent, unrestrained) [argument, struggle] → violento; [activity] → frenético; [pace, speed] → vertiginoso; [storm, sea] → furioso
see also fast 1 A1

furious [ˈfjʊəriəs] adj
[person] → furieux/euse
to be furious with sb → être furieux/euse contre qn
Dad was furious with me → Papa était furieux contre moi.
to be furious about sth, to be furious at sth → être furieux/euse au sujet de qch
to be furious that ... → être furieux que ...
(= intense) [effort] → acharné(e); [debate] → houleux/euse; [battle] → acharné(e)

furious
adj
(= very angry) person, letter, protest, reaction, rowwütend; (= violent) argument, debate, attack, battleheftig; he was furious that they had ignored himer war wütend darüber, dass sie ihn ignoriert hatten; she was furious to find that …sie war wütend, als sie feststellte, dass …; to be furious about or at or over somethingwütend über etw (acc)sein; to be furious at or with somebody (for doing something)wütend auf jdn sein(, weil er/sie etw getan hat); she was furious at being disturbedsie war wütend darüber, dass sie gestört wurde; I’m furious!ich bin total sauer! (inf); he was furious with himself for getting drunker war wütend auf sich, weil er sich betrunken hatte; they came under furious attacksie wurden scharf angegriffen
(= tremendous) pace, speedrasend; at a furious pacein rasendem Tempo; the car was going at a furious speeddas Auto fuhr rasend schnell; the furious pace of changedie rasend schnellen Veränderungen; furious activitywilde Hektik; fast and furiousrasant; the jokes came fast and furiousdie Witze kamen Schlag auf Schlag; the punches came fast and furiouses hagelte Schläge

furious [ˈfjʊərɪəs] adj (person) → furioso/a, infuriato/a; (argument) → violento/a; (effort) → grande
at a furious speed → a velocità folle
to be furious with sb → essere furioso/a con qn
to be furious at sth/at having done sth → essere furioso/a per qc/per aver fatto qc
furious [ˈfjʊərɪəs] adj (person) → furioso/a, infuriato/a; (argument) → violento/a; (effort) → grande
at a furious speed → a velocità folle
to be furious with sb → essere furioso/a con qn
to be furious at sth/at having done sth → essere furioso/a per qc/per aver fatto qc

furious, furiously fury
furious مهتاج rozzuřený rasende wütend εξοργισμένος furioso raivostunut furieux bijesan furioso 怒り狂った 격노한 woedend rasende wściekły furioso взбешенный rasande โกรธ öfkeden çıldırmış điên tiết 狂怒的


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It looked so furious and so intent on attack that he called a warning.
Clouds of dust shot up in little columns from the centre of the mass, as some animal, more furious than the rest, ploughed the plain with his horns, and, from time to time, a deep hollow bellowing was borne along on the wind, as if a thousand throats vented their plaints in a discordant murmuring.
Tattered gamins on the right made a furious assault on the gravel heap.
 
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