as in shrews
a bad-tempered scolding woman
tradition has it that Socrates' wife was such a fury that the philosopher's death sentence by the authorities was not an entirely unwelcome fate
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Recent Examples of furies
Just as players once had to fight the three furies in later runs of Hades, the Oceanus boss fight requires Melinoë to fight a trio of sirens — each with their own move set, weapons, and health — in order to move forward.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
Järvi presented these three pieces at Carnegie, but in a way that emphasized their inner tensions and hidden furies.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
Järvi presented these three pieces at Carnegie, but in a way that emphasized their inner tensions and hidden furies.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for furies
shrews
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In animal studies, TDN helped obese mice and musk shrews lose weight and become more responsive to insulin.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Furies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furies. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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