furious• But on the other hand, I was furious.• Not surprisingly, they were furious.• Don't tell Jan I read her letter -- she'll be furious.• He had suddenoutbursts of furiousanger which were always fatal to the often innocentobjects.• A furiousargument was taking place outside the pub.• Walter came home furious at something his boss had said.• Ada clutched me to her bosom and turned her furious back on the door.• A furiousclerkchased the children out of the store.• The Huskies made a furiouscomeback in the second half.• The new import laws have provokedfuriouscomplaints from business groups.• I've never been so furious in all my life.• Williams got a call that day from a furious Larry Parnes.• Her accusation in front of her family had made him coldly furious, she realised with a jolt.• It was a harrowingdin, a cascade of furiousvoicesmerged into a singlepulsatingshout.• Tony was furious when Bobbie admitted the truth.• Gina was furious with him for leaving the babyalone in the house.
furious pace• The facts are that within a decade of the ViennaCongress, nationalism was gatheringfurious pace.• Small banks are also merging at a furious pace, a trend expected to continue in 1996.• Both major parties raised soft money at a furious pace in 1995 and 1996, each gathering more than $ 100 million.• The stage hands grumbled at the furious pace they were expected to work.
Originfurious
(1300-1400)Old Frenchfurieus, from Latinfuria; → FURY