Synonyms of flurries

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noun

plural of flurry

1

as in bursts

a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity

a flurry of activity on the floor of the stock market as soon as the news spread

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bursts
• outbursts
• flutters
• outbreaks
• surges
• spurts
• eruptions
• increases
• flickers
• explosions
• flashes
• flares
• renewals
• boosts
• rushes
• recurrences
• sprees
• flare-ups
• floods
• upswings
• volleys
• pickups
• upturns
• paroxysms
• jags
• recrudescences
• epidemics
• commotions
• binges
• deluges
• spates
• furors
• uproars

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doldrums
• slumps
• calms

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as in gusts

a sudden brief rush of wind

a flurry that scattered the fallen leaves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gusts
• blows
• breezes
• tornados
• tornadoes
• scuds
• blasts
• gales
• zephyrs
• currents
• windblasts
• hurricanes
• williwaws
• breaths
• puffs
• squalls
• airs
• whiffs
• wafts
• drafts
• windstorms
• westerlies
• northers
• tempests
• northerlies
• bluster
• northeasters
• northwesters
• southeasters
• southwesters

3

as in barrages

a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once

a patient with a mysterious illness being subjected to a flurry of tests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barrages
• volleys
• bombardments
• salvoes
• showers
• salvos
• fusillades
• cannonades
• drumbeats
• torrents
• hails
• tides
• floods
• storms
• blitzes
• avalanches
• blitzkriegs
• surges
• outbursts
• bursts
• outpourings
• rashes
• drumfires
• broadsides
• streams
• deluges
• currents
• outflows
• inundations
• spates
• earfuls
• excesses
• overflows
• rivers
• flood tides
• cataclysms
• surpluses
• gushes
• discharges
• cataracts
• flushes
• gluts
• overages
• engulfments
• oversupplies
• surfeits
• overabundances
• superfluities
• overmuch
• overkills
• superabundances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drips
• trickles
• dribbles

flurries

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verb

present tense third-person singular of flurry

as in alarms

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alarms
• concerns
• worries
• bothers
• disturbs
• distracts
• upsets
• plagues
• unsettles
• haunts
• exercises
• agitates
• discomposes
• rattles
• dismays
• freaks (out)
• disquiets
• distresses
• angers
• alarums
• annoys
• discomforts
• unhinges
• fusses
• derails
• weirds out
• frazzles
• bugs
• distempers
• confuses
• perturbs
• undoes
• irritates
• ails
• hagrides
• flusters
• harries
• exasperates
• aggravates
• peeves
• embarrasses
• chivvies
• irks
• frets
• discountenances
• nettles
• disconcerts
• discomfits
• harasses
• piques
• discourages
• grates
• riles
• puts off
• fazes
• puts out
• chivies
• vexes
• abashes
• shakes up
• gets
• galls
• chafes
• dispirits
• pesters
• nonplusses
• bedevils
• daunts
• mortifies
• nonpluses
• confounds
• jars
• unnerves
• disheartens
• demoralizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settles
• quiets
• composes
• calms
• soothes
• allays
• alleviates
• tranquillizes
• assuages
• tranquilizes
• mollifies
• placates
• conciliates
• appeases
• pacifies
• propitiates