Definition of FURIBUND

furibund

Adj

  • Having a propensity to be furious; choleric, irate.

Adjective

  • Full of rage or fury; raging.

Examples

  • Losing by one point made him feel furibund, especially since he missed a simple bingo.

Origin / Etymology

From French furibond (“furious”) and Middle English furybound, furybounde, both borrowed from Latin furibundus (“frantic, frenzied; maddened, raving; inspired”), from furō (“to rave, rage”) + -bundus (suffix forming adjectives with an active or transitive meaning). The further etymology of furō is uncertain; a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke; haze, mist”) has been suggested.

Synonyms

angry, annoyed, apoplectic, bad-tempered, berserk, big mad, blood-boiling, boiling mad, cheesed off, choleric, cross, enraged, fit to be tied, fuming, furibund, furious, fury, glimflashy, hopping mad, ill-natured, incensed, infuriated, irate, ired, ireful, irritated, little mad, livid, mad, mad as a bear with a sore head, p'd off, pathetic, pissed, pissed off, pissy, raging, ready to be tied, screwfaced, seething, sore, spitting chips, splenetic, steaming, up on one's ear, vexed, waxy, wode, wrathful, wroth, zowerswopped

Antonyms

angry, nervous, peevish

Scrabble Score: 14

furibund: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
furibund: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
furibund: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

furibund: valid Words With Friends Word