furore

esp US furor (ˈfjʊərɔː)

/ (fjʊˈrɔːrɪ) /

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noun

a public outburst, esp of protest; uproar

a sudden widespread enthusiasm for something; craze

frenzy; rage; madness

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Word Origin for furore

C15: from Latin: frenzy, rage, from furere to rave

Words nearby furore

furniture beetle, Furnivall, furo, furocoumarin, furor, furore, furor epilepticus, furosemide, furphy, furred, furrier

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How to use furore in a sentence

Which is why I was surprised at the media furore over the latest health findings.
If You're Fat You've Only Got Yourself to Blame|Emma Woolf|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After all the furore about his pool parties lately, you couldn't have blamed Prince Harry if he'd missed the paralympic swimming.
Harry's New Pool Party|Tom Sykes|September 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But if she breaks her silence and says anything at all about the furore, it could take on a more serious hue.
New Philip Gaffe: “I would get arrested if I unzipped that dress!”|Tom Sykes|May 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The furore which the steam-engine has excited and so long maintained in the mechanical world is decidedly abating.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873|Various

The reporters recording his decisions put down "Twysden in furore," thinly veiling the judicial wrath in modest Latin.
The Trial of Theodore Parker|Theodore Parker
His tirades were not a furore of denunciation so much as they were the impulsive chafing of the creative energy within him.
Murder in Any Degree|Owen Johnson
And now came the storm, springing from a misunderstanding pitifully out of proportion to the furore it excited!
The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851|Duke of Wellington
Her Azucena was a fine performance; and she created a tremendous furore with La Paloma, which was then a novelty.
Memoirs of an American Prima Donna|Clara Louise Kellogg