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[ fyoor-awr, -er ] / ˈfyʊər ɔr, -ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR furor ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like. a prevailing fad, mania, or craze. fury; rage; madness. Also especially British, fu·rore (for defs. 1, 2) . Origin of furorFirst recorded in 1425–75; from Latin: “a raging”; replacing late Middle English fureor, from Middle French SYNONYMS FOR furor1, 3 frenzy, uproar, commotion, turmoil. SEE SYNONYMS FOR furor ON THESAURUS.COM WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH furorfuror , furyWords nearby furorfurniture, furniture beetle, Furnivall, furo, furocoumarin, furor, furore, furor epilepticus, furosemide, furphy, furred Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for furorIt takes a transgression with real bite to inspire a furor of this intensity—Brangelina burn Jennifer! He’s Still Older, Even in the Moonlight: Woody Allen’s May-December Romances Inspire Scrutiny|Teo Bugbee|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST But as the furor subsides and the thunder dies, most or all of those girls probably will remain captives. The Boko Haram Bidding War|Christopher Dickey|May 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST But in the furor over the latest revelations, an even larger and more serious problem may be getting lost. Does the V.A. Have More Secret, Deadly Wait Lists?|Jacob Siegel|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST The app must have caused a furor, because by Monday, Google had already taken it down. Banning Kahane Google App Won't Work|Zack Parker|July 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But the bill caused such a furor that it was quickly killed in committee. The Week in Wingnuts: Dog Background Checks, a U.N. Plot Against Fishing & More|Luke Kerr-Dineen|April 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST Although his assumption of power was accepted docilely by the Council, it sparked a furor among the populace of Mayfield. The Year When Stardust Fell|Raymond F. Jones "Yes; I do not remember, of late years, any one who created such a furor as Lady Studleigh," was his reply. A Fair Mystery|Bertha M. Clay The furor it created was cut short by a fire, which destroyed the organ and damaged the tower of the church. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller When this furor had blown over, after things had quieted down in the Jovian confederacy, it might be possible to release Mallory. Empire|Clifford Donald Simak At the end of the session, when he returned to his home, he found Chicago wrought up to a furor of protest. Stephen Arnold Douglas|William Garrott Brown
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