furore

noun

fu·​rore ˈfyu̇r-ˌȯr 

-ər,

 especially British  fyu̇-ˈrȯ-rē

1

: furor sense 3

2

: furor sense 4b

Synonyms

• ado
• alarums and excursions
• ballyhoo
• blather
• bluster
• bobbery
• bother
• bustle
• clatter
• clutter [chiefly dialect]
• coil
• commotion
• corroboree [Australian]
• disturbance
• do [chiefly dialect]
• foofaraw
• fun
• furor
• fuss
• helter-skelter
• hoo-ha
• hoo-hah
• hoopla
• hubble-bubble
• hubbub
• hullabaloo
• hurly
• hurly-burly
• hurricane
• hurry
• hurry-scurry
• 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

Examples of furore in a Sentence

the store's going-out-of-business sale caused such a furore that security guards had to be called in to restore order

baseball fans in a furore as the game stretched to 11 innings

Recent Examples on the Web

Here The Athletic looks back at the events of the last week to gauge how the current furore fits within the constant battles for power and influence within Spanish football. —Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025

Swiatek has also had to deal with the fear and furore that came after she was suspended for a month when testing positive for a heart medication, trimetazidine, which The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) accepted was caused by contamination. —Tim Ellis, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025

Navigating the unscrupulous media furore and the urgency of an increasingly desperate police investigation, his sole concern became the welfare of his traumatised son. —K.j. Yossman, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024

Look to the furore regarding Burger King’s 2024 ‘Foodfilment’ campaign showing real and non-staged British mothers tucking into a dirty burger immediately post-partum as a key marketing example. —Katie Baron, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from Latin furor

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

furore

noun

fu·​rore ˈfyu̇r-ˌōr 

-ˌȯr

: furor sense 2