furious

furious
01. My father was [furious] when I dented his new car.
02. The cyclist pedalled [furiously] to get through the intersection before the light changed.
03. You'd better not tell your brother you broke his new CD player just yet; it would only [infuriate] him.
04. This small island nation was hit with the full [fury] of the hurricane.
05. Abdullah spent the evening [furiously] typing at the computer in an effort to finish his essay in time.
06. A [furious] gun battle broke out between Arab demonstrators and Israeli soldiers.
07. The [furious] pace of technological change can be very overwhelming for people at times.
08. The Americans took control of the island after a [furious] battle with the enemy soldiers.
09. The Prime Minister was [furious] when he found out that one of his Ministers had discussed private Cabinet discussions with the press.
10. Omar's parents were [furious] when they found out he had gotten his girlfriend pregnant.
11. During the argument, Marvin pounded the table [furiously] with his fist.
12. My parents were [furious] when they found out I had spent all my money on candy.
13. He was [furious] when he found out his girlfriend had cheated on him.
14. Shakespeare wrote that life "is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and [fury], signifying nothing."
15. Aaron Neville sang, "If you are serious, don't play with my heart; it makes me [furious]."

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • furious — furious, frantic, frenzied, wild, frenetic, delirious, rabid are comparable when they mean possessed with uncontrollable excitement especially under the stress of a powerful emotion. Furious implies strong excitement or violence that… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Furious — Fu ri*ous, a. [L. furiosus, fr. furia rage, fury: cf. F. furieux. See {Fury}.] 1. Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal. [1913 Webster] 2. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Furious — bezeichnet als HMS Furious mehrere Schiffe der Royal Navy darunter die HMS Furious (1916) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • furious — [fyoor′ē əs] adj. [ME < OFr furieus < L furiosus] 1. full of fury or wild rage; violently angry 2. moving violently; violently overpowering [a furious attack] 3. very great; intense [with furious speed] furiously adv. furiousness n …   English World dictionary

  • furious — [adj1] extremely angry, very mad bent*, bent out of shape*, beside oneself*, boiling*, browned off*, bummed out*, corybantic, crazed, demented, desperate, enraged, fierce, fit to be tied*, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fuming, hacked, hopping mad* …   New thesaurus

  • furious — index demonstrative (expressive of emotion), resentful, severe, vehement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • furious — late 14c., from O.Fr. furieus (14c., Mod.Fr. furieux), from L. furiosus full of rage, mad, from furia rage, passion, fury. Furioso, from the Italian form of the word, was used in English 17c. 18c. for an enraged person, probably from Ariosto s… …   Etymology dictionary

  • furious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely angry. 2) full of energy or intensity. DERIVATIVES furiously adverb. ORIGIN Latin furiosus, from furia fury …   English terms dictionary

  • furious — adj. 1) furious about, at, over smt. 2) furious at (esp. AE), with smb. 3) furious to + inf. (he was furious to learn that his pay check had been lost) 4) furious that + clause (she was furious that the information had been leaked) * * * [… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • furious — fu|ri|ous [ˈfjuəriəs US ˈfjur ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: furieus, from Latin furia; FURY] 1.) very angry furious at/about ▪ Residents in the area are furious at the decision. furious with ▪ She was furious with herself for… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • furious — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get ▪ make sb ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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