furious
Wildly angry, so cross that you can hardly keep calm.
furious in a sentence
- Mum was furious when the muddy dog jumped onto the clean white sofa.
- The head chef was furious when he found the kitchen flooded with bubbles from the wrong soap.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to furious?
- Apleased
- Bcalm
- Cpeaceful
- Dangry
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D: angry. The other three mean the opposite of furious.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to furious?
- Afuming
- Bcalm
- Cangry
- Draging
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B: calm. The other three mean nearly the same as furious.
Words that mean something similar
angry, raging, fuming
Words that mean the opposite
calm, pleased, peaceful
More words about emotions & feelings
- glee: A feeling of great delight and excitement.
- glum: Quietly sad and in low spirits.
- gratitude: A feeling of being thankful.
- grieve: To feel very sad because something or someone has been lost.
- hesitant: Slow to act because you are not sure.
- hilarious: Extremely funny.
- humiliate: To make someone feel very ashamed or silly in front of others.
- hysterical: So overcome with emotion that you cannot control yourself.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test