fury
/ˈfjʊɹ.i/ noun C1- Extreme anger.
- Strength or violence in action.
- An angry or malignant person.
Plural furies
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“Fury said to a mouse, That he met in the house, ‘Let us both go to law: _I_ will prosecute _you_.—Come, I’ll take no denial; We must have a trial: For really this morning I’ve nothing to do.’ Said the mouse to the cur, ‘Such a trial, dear sir, With no jury or judge, would be wasting our breath.’ ‘I’ll be judge, I’ll be jury,’ Said cunning old Fury: ‘I’ll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death.’”
The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, screamed “Off with her head!
“You hadn’t any right to fly into such a fury and talk the way you did to her, Anne.
The Thief laid hold of his coat and entreated him to stop, saying, “Pray wait, sir, and hold my clothes, or I shall tear them to pieces in my fury, when I turn into a wolf.” At the same moment he yawned the third time and set up a terrible howl.
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