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FURIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being wild or turbulent
Example:
the storm's violence
Synonyms:
ferocity; fierceness; furiousness; fury; vehemence; violence; wildness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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)