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{
"term": "furious",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "very angry",
"sensetop": "furious at something/somebodyfurious with somebody/yourselffurious that…",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Their incompetence made me furious."
},
{
"text": "She was absolutely furious at having been deceived.",
"contextForm": "furious at something/somebody"
},
{
"text": "He was furious with himself for letting things get so out of control.",
"contextForm": "furious with somebody/yourself"
},
{
"text": "I'm furious that I wasn't told about it.",
"contextForm": "furious that…"
},
{
"text": "The president is said to be furious at the newspaper report."
},
{
"text": "You must be furious at me for not telling you sooner."
},
{
"text": "I was furious at the way we'd been treated."
},
{
"text": "She was still furious over suggestions that she had lied to the public."
},
{
"text": "I'm still furious with him."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "still", "reportedly"],
"preposition": ["about", "at", "over"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "with great energy, speed or anger",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a furious debate"
},
{
"text": "She drove off at a furious pace."
},
{
"text": "A furious row broke out last night after it was revealed that hundreds of prisoners had been released early from jail."
},
{
"text": "Play was fast and furious in the opening minutes of the game."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfjʊəriəs/",
"audio": "fu/furious/furious__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfjʊriəs/",
"audio": "fu/furious/furious__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French furieus, from Latin furiosus, from furia ‘fury’."
}