- the snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, usually three in number, who pursued unpunished criminalsAlso called: Erinyes, Eumenides
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Furies /ˈfjʊərɪz/ pl n ( sing Fury)
fu•ry /ˈfyʊri/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -ries.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- unrestrained or violent rage: [uncountable]The soldiers were filled with fury.[countable* usually singular]felt a sudden fury.
- violence;
fierceness:[uncountable]the fury of a hurricane.
fu•ry
(fyŏŏr′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries.
- unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:The gods unleashed their fury on the offending mortal.
- violence;
vehemence;
fierceness:the fury of a hurricane; a fury of creative energy. - Mythology Furies, [Class. Myth.]minor female divinities: the daughters of Gaea who punished crimes at the instigation of the victims: known to the Greeks as the Erinyes or Eumenides and to the Romans as the Furiae or Dirae. Originally there were an indefinite number, but were later restricted to Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone.
- a fierce and violent person, esp. a woman:She became a fury when she felt she was unjustly accused.
- like fury, [Informal.]violently;
intensely:It rained like fury.
- Latin furia rage, equivalent. to fur(ere) to be angry, rage + -ia -y2
- Middle English 1325–75
- 1. ire, wrath. See anger. 2. turbulence.
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