furious

English

Etymology

From Middle English furious, from Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus. Displaced native Old English hātheort (literally “hot-hearted”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊəɹɪəs/, [ˈfjʊəɹɪəs]
  • (pour–poor merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfjɔːɹɪəs/, [ˈfjɔːɹɪəs]
• (General American)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊɹiəs/, [ˈfjʊɹɪi̯əs]

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  • (cure–fir merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfjɝiəs/, [ˈfjɝɪi̯əs]
  • (pour–poor merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfjɔɹiəs/, [ˈfjɔɹɪi̯əs]
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹiəs
• Hyphenation: fu‧ri‧ous

Adjective

furious (comparative more furious, superlative most furious)

1. Feeling great anger; raging; violent.

   Synonyms: fierce, infuriate, rampant; see also Thesaurus:ferocious

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

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     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
• frumious
• furious fifties
• furiousness
• furious rabies
• overfurious
• unfurious

Translations

transported with passion or fury

• Arabic:

  South Levantine Arabic: غضبان (ḡaḍbān)

• 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 (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)
• Galician: furioso
• Georgian: მძვინვარე (mʒvinvare), გაავებული (gaavebuli), შმაგი (šmagi), ველური (veluri), გაცოფებული (gacopebuli), გახელებული (gaxelebuli)
• German: wütend (de), erbost (de)
• Greek: μανιασμένος (el) (maniasménos), μαινόμενος (el) (mainómenos), έξω φρενών (el) (éxo frenón), οργισμένος (el) (orgisménos)

  Ancient Greek: μάργος (márgos)

• Hungarian: őrjöngő (hu)
• Javanese: wengis (jv)

  Old Javanese: wĕngis

• Latin: furiosus
• Lithuanian: įnirtingas
• Malay: bengis (ms)
• Māori: rūtaki, wheke, pukuriri
• Middle English: furious
• Norman: enraigi (Jersey), futhieux (Jersey)
• Norwegian: olm

  Bokmål: rasende

• Occitan: furiós (oc)
• Old English: hātheort
• Plautdietsch: doll, fuchtich
• Polish: wściekły (pl), 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
• Sicilian: sdilliriatu, smarmanicu (scn)
• Spanish: furioso (es)
• Swedish: ursinnig (sv), rasande (sv), furiös (sv)
• Tatar: котырынган (qotırınğan), ярсыган (yarsığan)
• Turkish: kızgın (tr), öfkeli (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: قیزغین (kızgın), آزغین (azgın)

• 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)
• French: furieux (fr)
• Galician: furioso
• Georgian: მძვინვარე (mʒvinvare)
• German: furios (de)
• Greek: ξέφρενος (el) (xéfrenos)
• Hungarian: tomboló (hu)
• Norwegian: med voldsom kraft
• Russian: я́ростный (ru) (járostnyj)
• Sicilian: sdilliriatu, smarmanicu (scn)
• Spanish: furioso (es)
• Tatar: ярсулы (yarsulı)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} furieux (fr)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} furioso (it), ^{(please verify)} arrabbiato (it)
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} futhieux (Jersey)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• furiose, furous, furyous, furyus

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus; equivalent to furie +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfiu̯riˈuːs/, /ˈfiu̯rius/

Adjective

furious

1. furious, raging
2. ferocious, frightening
3. extreme, severe
4. (rare) impetuous, hasty

Derived terms

• furiously

Descendants

• English: furious

References

• “fūriǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.