furious

English

Etymology

From Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊə.ɹɪəs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊɹ.i.əs/, /ˈfjɝ.i.əs/
• Hyphenation: fu‧ri‧ous

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʊəɹiəs

Adjective

furious (comparative more furious, superlative most furious)

1. Feeling great anger; raging; violent.

   a furious animal; parent furious at their child's behaviour

   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.

2. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.

   a furious stream; a furious wind or storm

Derived terms

• fast and furious
• furiousness
• overfurious

Translations

transported with passion or fury

• Armenian: կատաղի (hy) (kataġi)
• Belarusian: раз'ю́шаны (razʺjúšany), шалёны (šaljóny), раз'я́раны (razʺjárany)
• Bulgarian: яростен (bg) (jarosten), бесен (bg) (besen)
• Catalan: furiós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 憤怒的／愤怒的, 愤怒的 (fènnù de), 狂怒的 (kuángnù de), 暴怒的 (bàonù de)

• Danish: rasende
• Dutch: woedend (nl)
• Esperanto: furioza, kolerega
• Finnish: raivoissaan (fi), raivostunut (fi), raivoisa (fi), raivokas (fi)
• French: furieux (fr)
• Georgian: მძვინვარე (mʒvinvare), გაავებული (gaavebuli), შმაგი (šmagi), ველური (veluri), გაცოფებული (gacopebuli), გახელებული (gaxelebuli)
• German: wütend (de), erbost (de)
• Greek: μανιασμένος (el) (maniasménos), μαινόμενος (el) m (mainómenos), έξω φρενών (el) (éxo frenón)

  Ancient: μάργος (márgos)

• Hungarian: őrjöngő (hu)
• Latin: furiosus
• Lithuanian: įnirtingas
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: rūtaki, wheke, pukuriri
• Norman: enraigi (Jersey), futhieux (Jersey)
• Norwegian: olm

  Bokmål: rasende

• Occitan: furiós (oc)
• Polish: wściekły (pl) m, rozjuszony
• Portuguese: furioso (pt)
• Romanian: furios (ro)
• Russian: я́ростный (ru) (járostnyj), разъярённый (ru) (razʺjarjónnyj), свире́пый (ru) (svirépyj), разгне́ванный (ru) (razgnévannyj), бе́шеный (ru) (béšenyj), взбе́шенный (ru) (vzbéšennyj)
• Scots: frenfi
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadhaich
• Spanish: furioso (es)
• Swedish: ursinnig (sv), rasande (sv), furiös (sv)
• Ukrainian: шале́ний (šalényj), роз'ю́шений (rozʺjúšenyj), розлюто́ваний (rozljutóvanyj)
• Volapük: lezunik (vo)

rushing with impetuosity

• Armenian: կատաղի (hy) (kataġi)
• Bulgarian: буен (bg) (buen)
• Catalan: furiós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 激烈的 (jīliè de), 猛烈的 (měngliè de), 高速的 (gāosù de)

• Finnish: raivoisa (fi), raivokas (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: furieux (fr)
• Georgian: მძვინვარე (mʒvinvare)
• Greek: ξέφρενος (el) (xéfrenos)
• Hungarian: tomboló
• Norwegian: med voldsom kraft
• Russian: я́ростный (ru) (járostnyj)
• Spanish: furioso (es)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} furieux (fr) m
• German: ^{(please verify)} furios (de)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} furioso (it) m, ^{(please verify)} arrabbiato (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} futhieux (Jersey)
• Old English: ^{(please verify)} hātheort