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fury
Synonyms and Antonyms of fury
- 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
battle-ax (or battle-axe), dragon lady, harpy, harridan, shrew, termagant, virago, vixen
- the sudden appearance of the rock star whipped the crowd of onlookers into a fury of excitement
agitation, deliriousness, delirium, distraction, fever, feverishness, flap, frenzy, furor, furore, hysteria, rage, rampage, uproar
calm, calmness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, quietude, repose, restfulness, sereneness, serenity, still, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility), tranquilness
- in his fury, the duped gambler overturned the card table and declared that the game had been fixed
aggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation, vexation
acrimoniousness, acrimony, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bile, biliousness, bitterness, contempt, embitterment, empoisonment, enmity, grudge, hostility, rancor
envy, jaundice, jealousy, pique, resentment
malevolence, malice, spite, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness, virulence, vitriol
belligerence, contentiousness, contrariness, crankiness, disputatiousness, hot-headedness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, orneriness, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, querulousness
blowup, flare, flare-up, outburst
Synonym Discussion of fury
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- tried to hide his anger
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- cheeks flushed with ire
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- shook with rage
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- could not contain his fury
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- a comment that caused general indignation
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- I feared her wrath if I was discovered
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