FLURRIED Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

flurried

verb

past tense of flurry

as in alarmed

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike

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Recent Examples of flurried The game flurried out, past a hundred and twenty minutes, without Argentina registering a single shot on the Spanish goal. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 Meanwhile, a team of flat-out-astounding camera-handlers and stagehands flurried around her like puppeteers around a hypercomplex marionette, turning an almost-empty stage into a Technicolor whirlwind of character and story. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flurried

Verb

Among those alarmed by the state’s mounting repression are civil-society figures who have staunchly opposed the war with America and Israel.

— Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
An OpenAI test that escaped its cage and alarmed the AI and cybersecurity industry attacked more than just Hugging Face, the AI platform that initially appeared to be the sole victim of the virtual lab leak.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

Definition of alarmed

Verb

The gunk Bondurant observed was likely didymo disturbed off the bottom of the river by people swimming and walking around.

— Hannah Smith July 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
By contrast, ecological systems are complexly interconnected, meaning that when one element is disturbed, all the other components linked to it are affected, too, spreading the disturbance throughout the system.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Definition of disturbed

Verb

He was distracted by his own grief, and so was everyone else.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
And while the fall prestige slate has not been revealed, the Academy membership has a habit of falling for a summer release in July and then being distracted by new, shiny objects in January.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of distracted

Verb

The effect that Republicans’ Wuhan investigations and right-leaning media had on Fauci’s public image continuously bothered him, according to the writings.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026
Johnson took the job partly out of patriotism; he was bothered that so few people knew the smartphone was a Canadian invention.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026

Definition of bothered

Verb

When Gunther von Hagens’s exhibition came to town, security guards worried less about theft than nausea.

— Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2026
However, Keller residents who posted on social media worried about the proximity of the data center to their homes.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of worried

Verb

Tyson said the State Board believes the county’s elections remain secure and that voters should not be concerned.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026
Bloomberg hasn’t verified the authenticity of those posts, which concerned a transcript of a meeting Liang held with unidentified parties.

— Haze Fan, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Definition of concerned

Verb

However, analysts said such a move would amount to a large-scale tax cut, and the remarks also unsettled investors.

— , CNBC, 21 July 2026
There is a versatility to Spain that can embrace the transition and accelerate the game — using the moments of brief chaos to their advantage when the opposition are unsettled.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 July 2026