fury
Definitions
Equivalents
Examples
“Heav'n has no Rage, like⟳ Love⟳ to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like⟳ a Woman ſcorn'd.”
“The building of the railway in this notable beauty spot roused the great Victorian writer John Ruskin to fury.”
“Small lightes are ſoone blown out, huge fires abide, / And with the winde in greater furie fret: / The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det / To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt, / Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt.”
“I don't mean⟳ all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!”
“But have⟳ an eye to your plate , for there be Furies.”
““I don't mean⟳ all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!””
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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