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Synonyms for flurry
ˈflɜr i, ˈflʌr iflur·ry

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. flurryverb

    Synonyms:
    agitate, excite, worry, ruffle, fluster

    Antonyms:
    soothe, compose, quiet, calm, mesmerize

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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, bother

  2. flurry, 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"

    Synonyms:
    ado, hustle, snow flurry, fuss, stir, bustle

  3. flurryverb

    move in an agitated or confused manner

    Synonyms:
    put off, disconcert, confuse

  4. confuse, 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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. flurrynoun

    Synonyms:
    flaw, squall, gust of wind

  2. flurrynoun

    Synonyms:
    agitation, hurry, bustle, confusion, commotion, perturbation, disturbance, flutter, ruffle, hurry-skurry

  3. flurryverb

    Synonyms:
    excite, confuse, disconcert, disturb, agitate, fluster, hurry

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. flurrynoun

    Synonyms:
    squall, breeze, wind, agitation, excitement, commotion

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "flurry":

    frenzy, overcast, vorticity, vortex, barrage, whirlwind

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How to use flurry in a sentence?

  1. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx:

    There were a flurry of concerns raised in the wake of the accident in Philadelphia.

  2. Kellyanne Conway:

    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.

  3. Eduardo Miras:

    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.

  4. Max Westphal:

    All of a sudden we hear a massive flurry of gunshots -- 20 to 30 gunshots for sure.

  5. Steve Vladeck:

    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.


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