Synonyms for furor

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fyoor-awr, -er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfyʊər ɔr, -ər

Top 10 synonyms for furor

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Définition of furor

Origin : late 15c., from Middle French fureur, from Latin furor "a ravaging, rage, madness, passion;" related to furia "rage, passion, fury" (see fury).

noun disturbance, excitement

Example sentences :

At about that time, an announcement was made that created a furor.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

Before the furor of 1876, how many scores of provincial English had?
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

When the 'furor uterinus' seized her, nothing could keep her back.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

They were not creating a furor with pink and lavender haystacks.
Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley

And what about this other thing—this furor epilepticus, whatever it is?
Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees

Then Pacific Mail was going at 66 and the brokers were again in a furor.
Extract from : « Halsey & Co. » by H. K. Shackleford

My taste in the matter, is, I flatter myself, perfectindeed with me it is a furor.
Extract from : « Single Life » by John Baldwin Buckstone

The failure of the first company and the sale of the plant had created a furor in the town.
Extract from : « Poor White » by Sherwood Anderson

The dog and the cat trotted after, undismayed by the furor about them.
Extract from : « Off Course » by Mack Reynolds (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)

The Furor, riddled with shot, fled to the shore and broke in pieces on the rocks.
Extract from : « The Story of American History » by Albert F. Blaisdell

Antonyms for furor

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