Entry Word: fury

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a bad-tempered scolding woman <tradition has it that Socratesʼ wife was such a fury that the philosopherʼs death sentence by the authorities was not an entirely unwelcome fate> — see shrew
2 a state of wildly excited activity or emotion <the sudden appearance of the celebrity whipped the crowd of onlookers into a fury of excitement> — see frenzy
3 an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something <in his fury overturned the card table and claimed that the game was fixed> — see anger