An angry person acts with fury or anger, either violently or passionately.
The Latin word furibundus came to our language as furibundo . This adjective is used to describe an angry or furious individual , or one who tends to become enraged .
Some examples
Let's look at the term in context through the following example sentences: “The actor, furious, began to shout at the journalists who were trying to interview him as he left the theater” , “The boy became furious when the policeman asked him to leave the place” , “In my youth I was a little furious, but as the years went by I became calmer” .
It is not uncommon for journalists from the entertainment world to hound celebrities in order to obtain statements about their personal lives or exclusive photos, which provokes the celebrities into a rage that leads them to mistreat them . Resistance to the law is also common, especially among young people, and this can turn a simple warning into an arrest. The speaker in the third example claims that the ease with which he became enraged in his youth is a thing of the past.
Vehement or violent
The notion of furious is also used to describe something that is vehement or violent or that shows anger : "The forward scored the first goal of the match with a furious right-footed shot that beat the opposing goalkeeper" , "The writer was a furious anti-communist who used to express his ideas through a column in a newspaper in his city" , "The video of the furious attack on the woman outraged the community" .
Here we must clarify that the meaning of the term furious is not the same in the three examples. While the first two speak of non-violent but passionate actions , the third does describe a physical attack against a person. In sports, a powerful shot can increase the chances of scoring by overcoming the resistance of the person receiving the ball; a writer who expresses himself vehemently makes his ideas very clear, without any reservations.
Two situations
Let's suppose that, after receiving multiple criticisms for the performance of his players, a football coach furiously defends his team . In a press conference, the coach vigorously puts forward a series of reasons that, according to his position, justify the current state of the team and explain the lack of positive results in recent dates of the competition.
This manager does not act impulsively or capriciously, but is overcome by fury at the attacks his team receives from people who do not have the necessary knowledge to understand their situation. It is then that this feeling drives him to speak vehemently to make it clear that his players have not lost their touch, but are going through a particular period that affects them negatively, but that they will manage to overcome with time to return to offering the results that characterized them.
A furious shot can overcome the goalkeeper's resistance.
Let us take the case of a political leader who, at an event to mark the anniversary of a coup d'état, makes a furious speech condemning the crimes of the dictatorship that devastated his country. In a loud and firm voice, the man enumerates the atrocities of the regime and calls on the population to never forget the importance of democracy.
In this case we have another example of a furious reaction that does not pursue violence, but rather the opposite: condemnation through passionate expression. Anger does not always lead to causing harm to others, especially when it arises from frustration at having been treated unfairly. Like any other deep and intense feeling , it can open the doors to the search for a better future, as a force that drives us to leave the current situation behind.