fury | meaning of fury in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishNaturefuryfu‧ry /ˈfjʊəri $ ˈfjʊri/ ●●○ noun    1 [uncountable]ANGRY extreme, often uncontrolled anger SYN rage  I was shaking with fury.  Jo stepped forward, her eyes blazing with fury.  The report was leaked to the press, much to the president’s fury.2 [singular]ANGRY a feeling of extreme anger  ‘Go on then!’ shouted Jamie in a fury. ‘See if I care!’3 → a fury of something4 → like fury 5 DN[uncountable] literary used to describe very bad weather conditions  At last the fury of the storm lessened.6 → FuryExamples from the Corpusfury• As her fury drained, she felt a surge of uplift.• But his fury was only rhetorical.• Today, public fury alternates with apathy.• It would be like the old days, real fury.• Retailers have trouble suppressing their fury.• Shaking with uncontrollable fury, she stood up to confront him. in a fury• It all comes raining down in a fury.• Union leaders erupted in fury last night over the proposed pay restraints.• Her children descended on me in a fury.• I whipped at them with a rope in fury.• She sat in a fury of indecision and worry, wondering if he and Ace had met.• The little man began to kick at the tentacle in fury.fury of the storm• And then the smell did something that the worst fury of the storm had failed to do.FuryFuryRMone of the three snake-haired goddesses in ancient Greek stories who punished crime → furyOrigin fury (1300-1400) Old French furie, from Latin furia, from furere; FUROR