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

Burton was one of the first directors to cast him in the wake of the furore with a part as Penguin’s father in Batman Returns. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Nov. 2024

The furore around Jacobs has died down in recent years, as people have got used to him. —Rowland Manthorpe, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2017

If anything, Menon adds, the furore over Labour members campaigning may have less to do with genuine concerns of foreign interference and more to do with the Trump campaign’s desire to lay the groundwork for future legal complaints should their candidate come up short. —Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024

Such was the furore, the Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, said a forthcoming consultation into secondary ticketing will also cover dynamic pricing. —Mark Sutherland, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024

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