Fury
Fury noun - An intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something.
Usage example: in his fury, the duped gambler overturned the card table and declared that the game had been fixed
Mad and fury are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mad" instead the word "Fury" as a noun or an adjective.
Mad
Mad noun - An intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something.
Usage example: watch out, the boss has got a bit of a mad on just now
Both words in one sentence
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He's also completely stark raving mad, attacking everything around him in a berserk fury.
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During Alan Moore's run on Captain Britain, Merlin and his daughter Roma played an intricate game of chess, seemingly manipulating events while Captain Britain and his allies fought against The Fury and Mad Jim Jaspers.
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Showing him the real thing will distract him long enough to pause, but he'll become mad with fury at the indignity.
Source: Show Some Leg
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