furies Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a feeling of intense anger
    fury; madness; rage.
    • hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
    • his face turned red with rage
  2. noun state of violent mental agitation
    fury; delirium; frenzy; craze; hysteria.
  3. noun the property of being wild or turbulent
    fury; violence; furiousness; wildness; fierceness; vehemence; ferocity.
    • the storm's violence
  4. noun (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
    Fury; Eumenides; Erinyes.

WordNet


Fu"ries noun plural
Definitions
  1. See Fury, 3.

Webster 1913