Antonyms for fury
ˈfyʊər ifu·ry

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1. fury

   Displeasure is the mildest and most general word. Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used alone in the sense of anger is colloquial, tho we may correctly say a hot temper, a fiery temper, etc. Passion, tho a word of far wider application, may, in the singular, be employed to denote anger; "did put me in a towering passion," Shakespeare Hamlet act v, sc. 2. Anger is violent and vindictive emotion, which is sharp, sudden, and, like all violent passions, necessarily brief. Resentment (a feeling back or feeling over again) is persistent, the bitter brooding over injuries. Exasperation, a roughening, is a hot, superficial intensity of anger, demanding instant expression. Rage drives one beyond the bounds of prudence or discretion; fury is stronger yet, and sweeps one away into uncontrollable violence. Anger is personal and usually selfish, aroused by real or supposed wrong to oneself, and directed specifically and intensely against the person who is viewed as blameworthy. Indignation is impersonal and unselfish displeasure at unworthy acts (Latin indigna), i. e., at wrong as wrong. Pure indignation is not followed by regret, and needs no repentance; it is also more self-controlled than anger. Anger is commonly a sin; indignation is often a duty. Wrath is deep and perhaps vengeful displeasure, as when the people of Nazareth were "filled with wrath" at the plain words of Jesus (Luke iv, 28); it may, however, simply express the culmination of righteous indignation without malice in a pure being; as, the wrath of God. Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. Irritation, petulance, and vexation are temporary and for immediate cause. Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any petty matter an occasion for their exercise. Compare ACRIMONY; ENMITY; HATRED.

   Antonyms:
   amiability, charity, forbearance, gentleness, leniency, lenity, long-suffering, love, mildness, patience, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness, self-control, self-restraint

   Synonyms:
   anger, animosity, choler, displeasure, exasperation, fretfulness, impatience, indignation, ire, irritation, offense, passion, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, rage, resentment, temper, vexation, wrath

   Preposition:
   Anger at the insult prompted the reply. Anger toward the offender exaggerates the offense.

Matched Categories

1. • Anger
   • Classical Mythology
   • Intensity
   • Mythical Monster

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fury, rage, madnessnoun

   a feeling of intense anger

   "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"

   Synonyms:
   fad, hydrophobia, foolishness, furiousness, hysteria, craze, vehemence, insaneness, cult, rabidness, madness, ferocity, violence, delirium, passion, fierceness, furore, rabies, frenzy, rage, lyssa, folly, craziness, lunacy, wildness, rabidity, furor

2. craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysterianoun

   state of violent mental agitation

   Synonyms:
   fad, hysterical neurosis, furiousness, hysteria, craze, vehemence, cult, madness, ferocity, violence, delirium, fierceness, furore, frenzy, rage, wildness, furor

3. ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildnessnoun

   the property of being wild or turbulent

   "the storm's violence"

   Synonyms:
   rage, delirium, emphasis, craze, frenzy, abandon, madness, wildness, force, violence, vehemence, furiousness, ferocity, hysteria, fierceness

4. Fury, Eumenides, Erinyesnoun

   (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals

   Synonyms:
   frenzy, rage, madness, craze, violence, delirium, wildness, vehemence, hysteria, furiousness, ferocity, fierceness

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1. furynoun

   Synonyms:
   wrath, rage, indignation, ire, frenzy, virago, termagant, shrew, vixen, beldame, xantippe, agitation, excitement, turbulence

How to use fury in a sentence?

1. Shah Asad Rizvi:

   The spirit ascends with light as passion consumes with fury; every pulse beholds inspiration when brought to the threshold of dance

2. Mark Warner:

   Diplomacy is the right path forward to deal with North Korea, at the same time, due to Pyongyang’s history of obfuscation and international defiance, the United States must proceed with caution. I am deeply concerned that the White House has not laid the necessary diplomatic groundwork and coordination for direct talks with North Korea, continued Warner, a Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Trump had previously threatened North Korea with fire and fury like the world has never seen. He also tweeted Saturday :.

3. Aaron Clarey:

   So do yourself and all men across the world a favor. Not only REFUSE to see the movie, but spread the word to as many men as possible. Not all of them have the keen eye we do here at (Return of Kings.) And most will be taken in by fire tornadoes and explosions. Because if they sheepishly attend and Fury Road is a blockbuster, then you, me, and all the other men (and real women) in the world will never be able to see a real action movie ever again that doesn't contain some damn political lecture or moray about feminism, SJW-ing, and socialism.

4. Kelly Ripa:

   Looking back on the history of ‘Live’s' replacement of co-hosts they really do seem to take their time, however, Kelly Ripa's fury at her treatment by ABC during Strahan's departure has hardly been a secret. It's very possible that the network has been more concerned with their treatment of her than they've been with seating a co-host beside her. After all, if they lose her, then they have no show and it wouldn't matter who was chosen.

5. Patty Murphy:

   ( I feel) anger, fury, rage. I feel despondent, helpless, hopeless, frustrated, but also it motivates me. It encourages me to help be a voice for people who can't be a voice and want to say these things, or can't say these things, like teachers.

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