'Furious' definitions:
Definition of 'furious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" [syn: ferocious, fierce, furious, savage]
adjective
Marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd" [syn: angered, enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened]
adjective
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn: angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild]
Definition of 'Furious'
From: GCIDE
- 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 furious wind or storm.
- Syn: Impetuous; vehement; boisterous; fierce; turbulent; tumultuous; angry; mad; frantic; frenzied. -- {Fu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Fu"ri*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'furious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- accident-prone,
- acute,
- amok,
- anarchic,
- angry,
- at fever pitch,
- bacchic,
- bellowing,
- berserk,
- bewildered,
- blustering,
- blusterous,
- blustery,
- boiling,
- breakneck,
- browned off,
- careless,
- carried away,
- chaotic,
- coarse,
- concentrated,
- corybantic,
- crazed,
- cursory,
- cutting,
- delirious,
- demented,
- demoniac,
- desperate,
- devil-may-care,
- Dionysiac,
- dirty,
- distracted,
- drastic,
- ecstatic,
- enraged,
- enraptured,
- enthusiastic,
- excessive,
- excited,
- exorbitant,
- expeditious,
- exquisite,
- fanatic,
- fanatical,
- febrile,
- feral,
- ferocious,
- festinate,
- feverish,
- fierce,
- fiery,
- fighting mad,
- flying,
- frantic,
- frenetic,
- frenzied,
- fulminating,
- fuming,
- great,
- haggard,
- harum-scarum,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- hectic,
- hellish,
- hog-wild,
- hopping mad,
- hotheaded,
- howling,
- hurried,
- hysteric,
- hysterical,
- immediate,
- immoderate,
- impetuous,
- in a rage,
- in a tizzy,
- in a transport,
- in hysterics,
- incensed,
- infatuated,
- infuriate,
- infuriated,
- inordinate,
- insane,
- insensate,
- instant,
- intemperate,
- intense,
- intoxicated,
- irate,
- irrational,
- keen,
- last-minute,
- like one possessed,
- livid,
- mad,
- maddened,
- madding,
- maenadic,
- maniac,
- maniacal,
- mindless,
- on the spot,
- orgasmic,
- orgastic,
- orgiastic,
- outrageous,
- overanxious,
- overdesirous,
- overeager,
- overenthusiastic,
- overzealous,
- pandemoniac,
- passing,
- passionate,
- perfervid,
- piercing,
- pissed off,
- possessed,
- precipitant,
- precipitate,
- precipitous,
- prompt,
- provoked,
- quick,
- rabid,
- raging,
- ramping,
- ranting,
- ravening,
- raving,
- raving mad,
- ravished,
- reckless,
- rigorous,
- rip-roaring,
- roaring,
- roaring mad,
- rough,
- running mad,
- running wild,
- savage,
- severe,
- sharp,
- simmering,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- snap,
- speedy,
- splitting,
- stark-raving mad,
- steaming,
- stimulated,
- storming,
- stormy,
- superficial,
- swift,
- tempestuous,
- terrible,
- tornadic,
- tough,
- transported,
- troublous,
- tumultuous,
- turbulent,
- ultrazealous,
- unconscionable,
- uncontrollable,
- unreasonable,
- unrestrained,
- up in arms,
- uproarious,
- upset,
- urgent,
- vehement,
- venomous,
- vicious,
- violent,
- virulent,
- volcanic,
- wanton,
- wild,
- wild-eyed,
- wild-looking,
- wrathful,
- wroth