furious B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈfjʊɹ.i.əs/ UK /ˈfjʊə.ɹɪəs/ See IPA manual Freq #5212 Meanings 1 adj Extremely angry. The parents were furious at their child's behaviour. 2 adj Very forceful, fast, or violent. A furious storm battered the coast all night. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · extremely angry. angeredraginginfuriate 2 adj · very forceful, fast, or... ferociousfiercesavage Word family Derived forms frumiousfuriousnessoverfuriousunfurious Common collocations furious scowl Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English furious, from Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus. Displaced native Old English hātheort (literally “hot-hearted”). furious Middle English furieus Old French furiōsus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # furious **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈfjʊɹ.i.əs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfjʊə.ɹɪəs/ **Frequency rank:** 5212 ## Meanings 1. Extremely angry. 2. Very forceful, fast, or violent. ## Examples - The parents were furious at their child's behaviour. - A furious storm battered the coast all night. ## Derived Forms - frumious - furiousness - overfurious - unfurious ## Roots and Affixes - Root: furious - Root: furieus - Root: furiōsus ## Etymology From Middle English furious, from Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus. Displaced native Old English hātheort (literally “hot-hearted”). ## AI Etymology Furious comes from Middle English furious, from Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus. Displaced native Old English hātheort (literally “hot-hearted”). In current use, the main senses are “Extremely angry” and “Very forceful, fast, or violent”. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown