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Webster 1913 Edition
Furious
1.
Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent;
– as, a furious animal
. Fu′ri-ous-ly
, adv.
Fu′ri-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Furious
FU'RIOUS
,Adj.
1.
Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.2.
Raging; violent; transported with passion; as a furious animal.3.
Mad; phrenetic.Definition 2024
furious
furious
English
Adjective
furious (comparative more furious, superlative most furious)
- Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.
- a furious animal; a furious cuckold
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.
- Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
Derived terms
Translations
transported with passion or fury
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rushing with impetuosity