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US
/ˈfjʊɹiəs/
]
[ UK /fjˈɔːɹɪəs/ ]
[ UK /fjˈɔːɹɪəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
marked by extreme anger
infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy
a furious scowl
furious about the accident
could not control the maddened crowd
the enraged bull attached -
marked by extreme and violent energy
a furious battle
a ferocious beating
fierce fighting -
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger
furious winds
angry clouds on the horizon
the raging sea
How To Use furious In A Sentence
- Furious staff have lashed out at company bosses for not informing workers that the plant was in trouble before it became public knowledge.
- Stewards held back furious fans, and security personnel had to duck as objects seemed to be thrown. Times, Sunday Times
- I was so furious I couldn't control myself and I hit him.
- As the phalanx of furious, excited inmates came sweeping into the servery, Jerrold recognised his danger. THE SCAR
- That Sara’d mentioned a name Greg had never heard of made him furious. Scarlet Nights
- Assuming that I don't have some sort of malignant brain tumor *knocks wood furiously*, it must be that this alien life-form, this adorable-but-nonetheless-parasitic superbeing, is sucking every nutrient from my body and turning these to his own nefarious supergrowth purposes. Pass The Smelling Salts
- He listened intently, jabbed furiously three or four times at the transmitting key, then leapt to his feet, tearing his headphones off. THE LONELY SEA
- I hiked furiously, but it was pitch-dark and snowing.
- She sat down in her chair looking furious and just gave me a sneer and a withering look.
- Local district councillors are furious that they are being forced by the Government to introduce fees for commercial waste collection.