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FURIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does furiousness mean?
• FURIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun FURIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the property of being wild or turbulent
Familiarity information: FURIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being wild or turbulent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
ferocity; fierceness; furiousness; fury; vehemence; violence; wildness
Context example:
the storm's violence
Hypernyms ("furiousness" is a kind of...):
intensity; intensiveness (high level or degree; the property of being intense)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "furiousness"):
savageness; savagery (the property of being untamed and ferocious)
Derivation:
furious (marked by extreme anger)
furious ((of the elements) as if showing violent anger)
furious (marked by extreme and violent energy)
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