All flurry synonyms
flurΒ·ry
F f noun flurry
- whirl β to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry-go-round whirled noisily.
- turmoil β a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet: mental turmoil caused by difficult decisions.
- squall β the act or sound of squalling: The baby's squall was heard next door.
- outbreak β a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- spurt β to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
- furor β a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- whirlwind β any of several relatively small masses of air rotating rapidly around a more or less vertical axis and advancing simultaneously over land or sea, as a dust devil, tornado, or waterspout.
- agitation β If someone is in a state of agitation, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
- flaw β Also called windflaw. a sudden, usually brief windstorm or gust of wind.
- flap β to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- disturbance β the act of disturbing.
- ferment β Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- ado β bustling activity; fuss; bother; delay (esp in the phrases without more ado, with much ado)
- stir β to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- pother β commotion; uproar.
- to-do β bustle; fuss: They made a great to-do over the dinner.
- fuss β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- confusion β If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
- spell β a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- bustle β If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy.
- fluster β to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
- turbulence β the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- brouhaha β A brouhaha is an excited and critical fuss or reaction to something.
- flutter β to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
- tumult β violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar: The tumult reached its height during the premier's speech.
- haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- gust β Archaic. flavor or taste.
verb flurry
- unsettle β to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- perturb β to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- rattle β to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
- disconcert β to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- hassle β a disorderly dispute.
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- quicken β to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- discompose β to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
- bewilder β If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
- disquiet β lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.
- unhinge β to remove (a door or the like) from hinges.
- galvanize β to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- ruffle β to beat (a drum) in this manner.
- discombobulate β to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- frustrate β to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- perplex β to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- bother β If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
- upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- distract β to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- stimulate β to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.