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): /ˈfjʊə.ɹɪəs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊɹ.i.əs/, /ˈfjɝ.i.əs/
Hyphenation: fu‧ri‧ous
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ʊəɹiəs

Adjective

furious (comparative more furious, superlative most furious)

Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
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.
Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
a furious stream; a furious wind or storm

Derived terms

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: μάργος (márgos)
Hungarian: őrjöngő (hu)
Javanese: wengis (jv)
Latin: furiosus
Lithuanian: įnirtingas
Malay: bengis (ms)
Maori: rūtaki, wheke, pukuriri
Middle English: furious
Norman: enraigi (Jersey), futhieux (Jersey)
Norwegian: olm
Bokmål: rasende
Occitan: furiós (oc)
Old English: hātheort
Old Javanese: wĕngis
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 (qotırıngan), ярсыган (yarsığan)
Turkish: kızgın (tr)
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

Derived terms

furiously

Descendants

English: furious

References

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