furore

fu·rore

noun \ˈfyu̇r-ˌȯr, -ər, especially British fyu̇-ˈrȯ-ri\

Definition of FURORE

1

: furor 3

2

: furor 4b

Examples of FURORE

1. <the store's going-out-of-business sale caused such a furore that security guards had to be called in to restore order>
2. <baseball fans in a furore as the game stretched to 11 innings>

Origin of FURORE

Italian, from Latin furor

First Known Use: 1790

Related to FURORE

Synonyms

ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, commotion, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo

Related Words

cacophony, clamor, din, howl, hue and cry, noise, outcry, racket, roar; disorder, unrest, upheaval; eruption, flare-up, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburst; brawl, fracas, fray, hassle, melee (also mêlée), scuffle; dither, fever, fret, lather, tizzy

Near Antonyms

calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility); order, orderliness

Rhymes with FURORE

curer, führer, juror, tourer