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- Dictionaryfurore/ˌfjʊ(ə)ˈrɔːri/
noun
- 1. an outbreak of public anger or excitement: "the verdict raised a furore over the role of courtroom psychiatry"
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a sudden excited or angry reaction to something by a lot of people: The government's decision to raise taxes has caused a great furore. furore over the furore over his latest film. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Anger and displeasure. acrimony. anger. animus. annoyance. bad feeling. flap. get the hump idiom. gorge.
A furore is a very angry or excited reaction by people to something. The disclosure has already caused a furore among MPs. ...an international furore over the plan.
noun. fu· rore ˈfyu̇r-ˌȯr. -ər, especially British fyu̇-ˈrȯ-rē. Synonyms of furore. 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
Furore definition: a public outburst, esp of protest; uproar. See examples of FURORE used in a sentence.
a sudden excited or angry reaction to something by a lot of people: The government's decision to raise taxes has caused a great furor. furor over the furor over his latest movie. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Anger and displeasure. acrimony. anger. animus. annoyance. bad feeling. flap. get the hump idiom. gorge. grit your teeth idiom
Definition of furore noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a sudden expression of excitement or anger by a lot of people, esp. in reaction to something: The research results created a furor in the medical press. (Definition of furor from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of furor.
A furore is a very angry or excited reaction by people to something. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'furore' British English: fjʊrɔːri , fjʊərɔːʳ. More. Synonyms of 'furore' • commotion, to-do, stir, excitement [...] • craze, rage, enthusiasm, mania [...] More. Collocations with the word 'furore' cause a furore furore surrounding recent furore.
noun. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal. synonyms: craze, cult, fad, furor, rage. see more. noun. a sudden outburst (as of protest) synonyms: furor. see more.
A furor is a strong and sudden reaction, often negative and shared by many people, such as the furor that erupted when Coca-Cola replaced its beloved soft drink with "New Coke" in the 1980s. Like the Latin word furia, which means "passion," a furor involves strong emotion.
