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Definition of furore in English: furore(US furor) noun ˌfjʊ(ə)ˈrɔːriˌfjʊ(ə)ˈrɔːˈfjʊˌrɔr 1An outbreak of public anger or excitement. the verdict raised a furore over the role of courtroom psychiatry Example sentencesExamples - The authorities were worried about a public furor, and suggested the incident was caused by a lightning strike.
- ‘The media furor over Kerrey's role in Vietnam has been very limited, and is now beginning to abate,’ we wrote.
- It caused such a furor among the seniors when they realized what it would cost, that they rebelled so loudly that we had to come back and repeal it almost immediately.
- The whole furore happened when the public hadn't heard the song.
- Unfortunately for the government, its sensitivity over Tung's public standing has been brought into focus by a furor over a researcher's freedom to gauge popular opinion.
- They are hoping to take advantage of the public anger and media furor generated by the first of Gomery's two reports.
- The publication of the government's submission provoked another public furore.
- The BBC news site today has a surprisingly long article on the current furore surrounding London postcodes.
- The public furore over the future of the road continued on Monday as residents voiced their views at a public meeting.
- They chose to keep mum then and now are raising a furore over bad roads.
- And while much has been made of the video's effects on a shocked Serbian public, it remains to be seen where that public will stand once the furor recedes.
- Now, the day after I see uproar, furor and indignant articles across the various news sites I read.
- The stalling of the project has caused a public furore in Waitara, which has high levels of unemployment.
- Rather than promoting careful analysis of the ruling and rational debate, pronouncements by religious and political leaders magnified public furor.
- Both have maintained they have been hard-done by and both have stirred up a public furore over whether they are the victims of the justice system.
- Recent events like the Enron scandal and the furor over campaign finance are evidence that not much has changed and that politics and wealth inevitably interact and often conflict.
- In the public furore that followed that comment, Abbott retreated from this position.
- Oh, heavens to Betsy, what a furor, what a to-do, what a downright brouhaha.
- Town leaders did not raise a furor, and dozens of families stood outside their homes watching the convoy as it rolled toward the battle site.
- The troubled history of Egyptian - Iraqi relations was an added reason for both the public and press furor.
Synonyms commotion, uproar, outcry, disturbance, hubbub, hurly-burly, fuss, upset, tumult, brouhaha, palaver, to-do, pother, turmoil, tempest, agitation, pandemonium, confusion stir, excitement scandal, sensation informal song and dance, hoo-ha, hullabaloo, ballyhoo, hoopla, rumpus, flap, tizz, tizzy, tizz-woz, stink, performance, pantomime, scene British informal carry-on, kerfuffle North American informal snafu - 1.1archaic A wave of enthusiastic admiration; a craze.
it was little thought that they would excite such a furore among stamp collectors
Origin Late 18th century: from Italian, from Latin furor, from furere 'be mad, rage'. Rhymes cacciatore, Corey, dory, Florey, flory, glory, gory, hoary, hunky-dory, lory, Maury, monsignori, Montessori, multistorey, Pori, Rory, satori, saury, storey, story, Tory, vainglory Definition of furor in US English: furor(British furore) nounˈfjʊˌrɔrˈfyo͝oˌrôr 1An outbreak of public anger or excitement. the article raised a furor among mathematicians Example sentencesExamples - The publication of the government's submission provoked another public furore.
- They chose to keep mum then and now are raising a furore over bad roads.
- Rather than promoting careful analysis of the ruling and rational debate, pronouncements by religious and political leaders magnified public furor.
- Unfortunately for the government, its sensitivity over Tung's public standing has been brought into focus by a furor over a researcher's freedom to gauge popular opinion.
- Recent events like the Enron scandal and the furor over campaign finance are evidence that not much has changed and that politics and wealth inevitably interact and often conflict.
- The BBC news site today has a surprisingly long article on the current furore surrounding London postcodes.
- It caused such a furor among the seniors when they realized what it would cost, that they rebelled so loudly that we had to come back and repeal it almost immediately.
- The public furore over the future of the road continued on Monday as residents voiced their views at a public meeting.
- The whole furore happened when the public hadn't heard the song.
- And while much has been made of the video's effects on a shocked Serbian public, it remains to be seen where that public will stand once the furor recedes.
- In the public furore that followed that comment, Abbott retreated from this position.
- Oh, heavens to Betsy, what a furor, what a to-do, what a downright brouhaha.
- Now, the day after I see uproar, furor and indignant articles across the various news sites I read.
- ‘The media furor over Kerrey's role in Vietnam has been very limited, and is now beginning to abate,’ we wrote.
- Town leaders did not raise a furor, and dozens of families stood outside their homes watching the convoy as it rolled toward the battle site.
- They are hoping to take advantage of the public anger and media furor generated by the first of Gomery's two reports.
- The stalling of the project has caused a public furore in Waitara, which has high levels of unemployment.
- The authorities were worried about a public furor, and suggested the incident was caused by a lightning strike.
- The troubled history of Egyptian - Iraqi relations was an added reason for both the public and press furor.
- Both have maintained they have been hard-done by and both have stirred up a public furore over whether they are the victims of the justice system.
Synonyms commotion, uproar, outcry, disturbance, hubbub, hurly-burly, fuss, upset, tumult, brouhaha, palaver, to-do, pother, turmoil, tempest, agitation, pandemonium, confusion - 1.1archaic A wave of enthusiastic admiration; a craze.
Origin Late 18th century: from Italian, from Latin furor, from furere ‘be mad, rage’. |