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Synonyms for flurry
ˈflɜr i, ˈflʌr iflur·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stirnoun
a rapid active commotion
Synonyms:
confidence game, bunco, snow flurry, tizzy, dither, bickering, hustle, squabble, flap, bicker, bunko, confidence trick, spat, tiff, hassle, stir, bunko game, con game, gyp, ado, fuss, pettifoggery, pother, bustle, bunco game, trouble, con, sting, splash, flimflam, botherflurry, snow flurryverb
a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)
"he had to close the window against the flurries"; "there was a flurry of chicken feathers"
flurryverb
move in an agitated or confused manner
Synonyms:
put off, disconcert, confuseconfuse, flurry, disconcert, put offverb
cause to feel embarrassment
"The constant attention of the young man confused her"
Synonyms:
fuddle, put over, confound, befuddle, set back, fox, turn off, confuse, sidestep, blur, jumble, dishearten, circumvent, discomfit, mix up, defer, parry, dodge, remit, elude, duck, skirt, obscure, prorogue, hedge, throw, put off, evade, discompose, table, upset, postpone, shelve, untune, hold over, disconcert, discombobulate, fudge, bedevil, obnubilate
Dictionary of English Synonymes
flurrynoun
Synonyms:
flaw, squall, gust of windflurrynoun
Synonyms:
agitation, hurry, bustle, confusion, commotion, perturbation, disturbance, flutter, ruffle, hurry-skurryflurryverb
Synonyms:
excite, confuse, disconcert, disturb, agitate, fluster, hurry
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#464 | table | |
#2529 | con | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#3222 | fox | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4626 | dodge | |
#5005 | worry | |
#6185 | skirt | |
#7123 | duck | |
#9423 | upset | |
#9936 | bother | |
#10284 | stir | |
#11503 | splash | |
#11515 | hedge | |
#12207 | hassle | |
#12803 | excite | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#13694 | tiff | |
#14457 | sting | |
#14613 | flap | |
#16379 | vortex | |
#17688 | fudge | |
#17984 | blur | |
#18665 | frenzy | |
#18963 | hustle | |
#19046 | overcast | |
#20060 | confuse | |
#20188 | ado | |
#20976 | fuss | |
#21866 | parry | |
#23567 | defer | |
#24731 | remit | |
#28220 | postpone | |
#30576 | whirlwind | |
#32152 | jumble | |
#33891 | circumvent | |
#34245 | spat | |
#34340 | barrage | |
#34901 | ruffle | |
#35107 | sidestep | |
#35156 | flurry | |
#35306 | evade | |
#37262 | bustle | |
#52124 | vorticity | |
#52608 | bickering | |
#59581 | confound | |
#64306 | elude | |
#75259 | dither | |
#81713 | shelve | |
#86407 | agitate | |
#88869 | squabble | |
#90338 | bunko | |
#94228 | bicker | |
#113787 | gyp | |
#121386 | tizzy | |
#138234 | bunco | |
#189431 | befuddle | |
#216211 | bedevil | |
#270504 | fuddle | |
#301423 | fluster | |
#311709 | disconcert | |
#322072 | dishearten |
How to use flurry in a sentence?
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx:
There were a flurry of concerns raised in the wake of the accident in Philadelphia.
You see this flurry of activity by a tough President Obama as he exits the office, you can’t put daylight between the US and Israel.
Some companies are being forced to sell, opportunistic buyers and strategic players with a long-term view find themselves with a flurry of good Brazilian assets.
All of a sudden we hear a massive flurry of gunshots -- 20 to 30 gunshots for sure.
We saw earlier this year that, even though four of the current justices are ready to take up a number of Second Amendment cases, they weren't sure if they had a fifth vote on the merits -- because they weren't sure about the chief justice, it seems likely that the confirmation of Judge Barrett would remove that uncertainty and open the pipeline to a flurry of Second Amendment cases, perhaps ranging from the constitutionality of criminal felon-in-possession statutes to large-capacity magazine bans.
Translations for flurry
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- порив, вихрушкаBulgarian
- SchneefallGerman
- frenesí, ráfagaSpanish
- سر و صداPersian
- pyörre, tuisku, mylläkkä, hullunmyllyFinnish
- folata, tormenta, agitazione, innervosireItalian
- 단말마Korean
- oproeren, werveling, opwelling, sneeuwbui, bewegen, wervelenDutch
- nevezinha, lufadaPortuguese
- freamătRomanian
- будоражить, листопад, шквал, суетиться, снегопад, суматоха, суета, взбудоражитьRussian
- snöby, virrvarrSwedish
- telaşTurkish
- метушняUkrainian
- 乱舞Chinese
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