fury
/ˈfjʊɹ.i/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.91 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female personification of vengeance.
Example Sentences
- "Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd."
- "The building of the railway in this notable beauty spot roused the great Victorian writer John Ruskin to fury."
- "Small lightes are ſoone blown out, huge fires abide, / And with the winde in greater furie fret: / The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det / To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt, / Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt."
- "I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!"
- "But have an eye to your plate , for there be Furies."
- "“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!”"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfjʊɹ.i/
- British English: /ˈfjʊə.ɹi/