Antonyms for furious
ˈfyʊər i əsfu·ri·ous

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1. furious

   Fierce signifies having a furious and cruel nature, or being in a furious and cruel mood, more commonly the latter. It applies to that which is now intensely excited, or liable to intense and sudden excitement. Ferocious refers to a state or disposition; that which is fierce flashes or blazes; that which is ferocious steadily burns; we speak of a ferocious animal, a fierce passion. A fiery spirit with a good disposition is quickly excitable in a good cause, but may not be fierce or ferocious. Savage signifies untrained, uncultivated. Ferocious always denotes a tendency to violence; it is more distinctly bloodthirsty than the other words; a person may be deeply, intensely cruel, and not at all ferocious; a ferocious countenance expresses habitual ferocity; a fierce countenance may express habitual fierceness, or only the sudden anger of the moment. That which is wild is simply unrestrained; the word may imply no anger or harshness; as, wild delight, wild alarm.

   Antonyms:
   affectionate, docile, gentle, harmless, kind, mild, patient, peaceful, submissive, sweet, tame, tender

   Synonyms:
   ferocious, fierce, fiery, impetuous, raging, savage, uncultivated, untrained, violent, wild

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1. ferocious, fierce, furious, savageadjective

   marked by extreme and violent energy

   "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

   Antonyms:
   unangry(p), calm, nonviolent

   Synonyms:
   angered, rough, trigger-happy, uncivilized, savage, barbarous, angry, cutthroat, infuriated, tempestuous, raging, violent, fell, fierce, barbaric, feral, cruel, enraged, vehement, maddened, ferocious, roughshod, tearing, boisterous, barbarian, uncivilised, bowelless, vicious, brutal, ferine, wild

2. angered, enraged, furious, infuriated, maddenedadjective

   marked by extreme anger

   "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd"

   Antonyms:
   calm, nonviolent, unangry(p)

   Synonyms:
   enraged, angry, raging, maddened, savage, wild, infuriated, tempestuous, fierce, ferocious, angered

3. angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wildadjective

   (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

   "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"

   Antonyms:
   calm, nonviolent, unangry(p)

   Synonyms:
   raging, stormy, hot, maddened, wild, gaga, enraged, violent, untamed, unfounded, ferocious, fierce, hazardous, tempestuous, godforsaken, dotty, angered, uncivilised, uncivilized, waste, baseless, risky, angry, idle, infuriated, savage, fantastic, groundless, crazy, raving mad, barbarian, barbaric, unwarranted

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1. furiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   infuriated, angry, raging, violent, frenzied, turbulent, fierce

How to use furious in a sentence?

1. Ghislaine Maxwell:

   She was talking about humans as if they were disposable, for the purpose of sex, i was just furious. And I was fed up. I did not spot the red flags, but I did react very negatively. The fact that she was speaking about human beings in this horrible way was very offensive to me. But again, I thought she was discussing consensual adults here.

2. Brian Sandoval:

   Nevadans are furious about the decision and we will continue to fight it.

3. Michelle Rodriguez:

   I'm going to celebrate him, and I'm going to celebrate everything that he represented about the celebration of life and the love of pushing life to its edge because there are individuals on this planet that can't live otherwise, they can't live ordinary lives cooped up hiding from danger and I'm one of those people and he was one of those people, fast Furious 7.

4. Marion Underwood:

   To have the additional fear that incriminating pictures, that intimate pictures, are out there for others to see just adds to the shame and humiliation, when they are hurt, when they are furious ... unfortunately that's just perfect ammunition.

5. Kate Upton:

   Paul’s texting increased, telling me how excited Paul Marciano was to see me, that Paul Marciano wanted me to change in front of Paul Marciano so Paul Marciano could see my naked body getting into Paul Marciano clothes. Paul Marciano asked if I thought of Paul Marciano when I was posing sexy on set. All the language Paul Marciano used was extremely dominant and possessive. At one point, to avoid Paul coming to set, I told him my boyfriend was going to be there. He was absolutely furious at that. It was an emotional and non-stop battle of games, power struggles and creative avoidance tactics.

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