furious
/ˈfjʊəɹi.əs/ adjective
- adjective Feeling great anger; raging; violent. “a furious animal; parent furious at their child's behaviour”
- adjective Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence. “a furious stream; a furious wind or storm”
Synonyms
fierce infuriate rampant ferocious grim incessive rabid raging savage volatile wild angered enraged infuriated maddened angry tempestuous
Etymology
From Middle English furious, from Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus. Displaced native Old English hātheort (literally “hot-hearted”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal.
- adjective Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.
Etymology [L. furiosus, fr. furia rage, fury: cf. F. furieux. See Fury.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “furious”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details