Furies

Synonyms for "furies" (33 found)

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Closest matches (7)

alectoavengerburning rage

Strong matches (10)

Noun(5 words)
frenzyfumegoddesses of vengeanceincenseinflame

Related words (16)

passionragerevanchisttearing passionthe erinyesthe eumenidesthe furiestisiphonetowering ragevehemencevindicatorviolence
Noun(4 words)
rageseethevengeful spiritswrath

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries
actiondeitiesemotionmythological beingspsychological stateverb

More specific

9 entries

Collocations

11 entries
burning furyfuries against policyfuries along the coastfuries into actionfuries over policyfuries the crowdfury of the godshistoric furyintense furymythic furyunleashed fury

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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"Mark then my words and in your breasts retain. / What Jove, the Sire omnipotent, of old / revealed to Phoebus, and to me again / Phoebus Apollo at his hest foretold, / I now to thee and thine, the Furies' Queen, unfold."

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"But mad with love's despair, / and stung with Furies for his spouse denied, / at length Orestes caught the wretch unware, / e'en by his father's shrine, and smote him then and there."

Source: tatoeba (7051113)

They are carried by the Furies through Tartarus.

Source: tatoeba (11796471)

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