Usually means: Furious goddesses of Greek mythology.
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  1. Erinys: Merriam-Webster
  2. Erinys: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Erinys: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Erinys: Wordnik
  5. Erinys: Wiktionary
  6. Erinys: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Erinys, erinys: Dictionary.com
  8. Erinys: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Erinys: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Erinys: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. erinys: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Erinys: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. erinys: FreeDictionary.org
  14. Erinys: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. Erinys: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Erinys: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (Greek mythology) One of the female personifications of vengeance, particularly wrong or immoral deeds on behalf of the victims.

Similar:
Furies, Megaera, Eumenides, Tisiphone, Eris, Dirae, Thesiphone, nemesis, Invidia, Eirene, more...

Opposite:
euphrosyne, grace, kindness, forgiveness

Phrases:
Erinys International, more...

Adjectives:
awful, merciless, avenging, black, swift, old, terrible
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Similar:
Furies, Megaera, Eumenides, Tisiphone, Eris, Dirae, Thesiphone, nemesis, Invidia, Eirene, more...

Opposite:
euphrosyne, grace, kindness, forgiveness

Phrases:
Erinys International, more...

Adjectives:
awful, merciless, avenging, black, swift, old, terrible



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