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Synonyms & Antonyms of fury
1
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
Synonyms for fury
- battle-ax
- (or battle-axe),
- dragon lady,
- harpy,
- harridan,
- shrew,
- termagant,
- virago,
- vixen
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2
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
- the sudden appearance of the rock star whipped the crowd of onlookers into a fury of excitement
Synonyms for fury
- agitation,
- deliriousness,
- delirium,
- distraction,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- flap,
- frenzy,
- furor,
- furore,
- hysteria,
- rage,
- rampage,
- uproar
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Near Antonyms for fury
- calm,
- calmness,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- placidity,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- repose,
- restfulness,
- sereneness,
- serenity,
- still,
- stillness,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility),
- tranquilness
3
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
- in his fury, the duped gambler overturned the card table and declared that the game had been fixed
Synonyms for fury
Words Related to fury
- acrimoniousness,
- acrimony,
- animosity,
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- bile,
- biliousness,
- bitterness,
- contempt,
- embitterment,
- empoisonment,
- enmity,
- grudge,
- hostility,
- rancor
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The first known use of fury was in the 14th century
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