fury

Other forms of fury

plural

furies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fury

What does fury mean?

fury means "a feeling of intense anger". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fury?

fury has 2 syllables: fur-y. The stress falls on "fur". In IPA it is /ˈfjʊɹi/.

What is another word for fury?

Close synonyms include rage, madness, craze, delirium, frenzy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fury a common word?

fury is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.