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 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

Europe, for its part, is alarmed by the prospect of American abandonment of Ukraine.

— Galip Dalay, Time, 7 July 2026
Those measures, however, have alarmed privacy advocates, who argue that age-gating the internet would affect all users — not just children.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 30 June 2026

Definition of alarmed

Verb

But Lucky distracted us in hospital waiting rooms, gave us something to talk about other than the too-painful conversational alternative.

— Marissa Stapley, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Employees need clarity and space to do their jobs without being distracted by unnecessary information.

— Anna Jankowska, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of distracted

Verb

The problem Databento is solving has bothered anyone who has ever tried to get institutional-grade market data.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 9 July 2026
There was a stretch of my adolescence, sometime in the early 2000s, when I was quietly convinced my life was a television show and no one had bothered to tell me.

— Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of bothered

Verb

Even if the bond was granted, Wilber worried his family wouldn’t have the funds to pay his bail, which can cost thousands of dollars.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
During the Revolutionary War, General Washington worried that British troops were stockpiling weapons and ammunition in the fort and preparing to attack northern colonies.

— Lane Degregory, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026