When a Woman Is Scorned?
Rage Means “Anger” or “Violent Passion. ” Fury Is Similar, Denoting an Especially “Wild Anger. ” Scorned, Here, Refers to a Woman Who Was Rejected or Betrayed...
Rage means “anger” or “violent passion.” Fury is similar, denoting an especially “wild anger.” Scorned, here, refers to a woman who was rejected or betrayed in love. A modern update might read: Such a violent passion – like when love turns to hate – is unknown to Heaven.
What does it mean when a woman scorned?
hell hath no fury (like a woman scorned) used to refer to someone, usually a woman, who has reacted very angrily to something, especially the fact that her husband or lover has been unfaithful See scorn in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
What is worse than a woman scorned?
No anger is worse than that of a jilted woman. For example, Nancy has nothing good to say about Tom—hell has no fury, you know. This term is a shortening of William Congreve's lines, “Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd, nor Hell a fury like a woman scorn'd” (The Mourning Bride, 1697).
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