flurry

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: flur=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

flurry, n. [Prov. E. flur to ruffle.].

•  A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.  [1913 Webster]
•  A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind.  [1913 Webster]

  "Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind."  [1913 Webster]
•  Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.  [1913 Webster]

  "The racket and flurry of London."  [1913 Webster]
•  The violent spasms of a dying whale.  [1913 Webster]

flurry, v. t. 

 To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm.  H. Swinburne.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

flurry, n. & v.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 a gust or squall (of snow, rain, etc.).
2 a sudden burst of activity.
3 a commotion; excitement; nervous agitation (a flurry of speculation; the flurry of the city).
--v.tr. (-ies, -ied) confuse by haste or noise; agitate.

Etymology

imit.: cf. obs. flurr ruffle, hurry

THESAURUS

flurry

Scotch mist, activity, addle, addle the wits, ado, agitate, agitation, air speed, asking price, avalanche, ball up, bearish prices, beat, beat up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, befuddlement, bewilder, bewilderment, bid price, blast, blizzard, blood rain, blow, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boastfulness, bobbery, boil, boiling, book value, bother, botheration, bravado, brouhaha, bug, bullish prices, bullying, burst, bustle, call price, celerity, chaos, churn, churn up, closing price, cloud, commotion, confuse, confusion, conturbation, convulse, crystal, dash, daze, dazzle, decline, disarrange, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture, discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertion, disorder, disorganization, disorganize, disorient, disorientation, dispatch, disquiet, disquietude, distract, disturb, disturbance, drive, driven snow, drizzle, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, electrify, embarrassment, embroilment, entangle, evening mist, excite, excitement, expedition, face value, fall, fanfaronade, fastness, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, fixed price, flake, flap, flash price, flaw, flight, flit, flummox, fluster, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness, fog, foment, frenzy, fret, fuddle, fuddlement, fume, furore, fuss, fussiness, galvanize, gout of rain, granular snow, ground speed, gust, haste, haze, hectoring, helter-skelter, high, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry, hustle, igloo, inquietude, instantaneousness, intimidation, issue par, issue price, jar, jitters, jolt, jumble, jumpiness, knots, lightning speed, low, maelstrom, malaise, mantle of snow, market price, market value, maze, mess, miles per hour, mist, misty rain, mix up, mizzle, mogul, moider, moil, moisture, muddle, muddlement, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, nominal value, offering price, opening price, outburst, paddle, par, par value, parity, patter, pell-mell, perplex, perplexity, perturb, perturbate, perturbation, pitter-patter, pother, precipitation, price, promptitude, promptness, provoke, pucker, put out, put price, quicken, quickness, quotation, quoted price, race, rain, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, raise hell, rally, rant, rapidity, rattle, restlessness, rile, ripple, rock, rodomontade, roil, roughen, round pace, rout, row, rpm, ruffle, rumple, rush, scamper, scramble, scud, scurry, scuttle, seethe, seething, settling price, shake, shake up, sheet of rain, shock, shower, shuffle, side, slosh, slush, snappiness, snow, snow banner, snow bed, snow blanket, snow blast, snow fence, snow flurry, snow roller, snow slush, snow squall, snow wreath, snow-crystal, snowball, snowbank, snowbridge, snowcap, snowdrift, snowfall, snowfield, snowflake, snowland, snowman, snowscape, snowshed, snowslide, snowslip, snowstorm, spasm, speed, speediness, splatter, splutter, sprinkle, spurt, sputter, stagger, stated value, stew, stimulate, stir, stir up, swagger, swashbucklery, sweat, swift rate, swiftness, swings, swirl, swirling, swivet, throw into confusion, tizzy, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unfrozen hydrometeor, unhinge, unquiet, unrest, unsettle, unsettlement, uproar, upset, velocity, vortex, wet, wet snow, whip, whip up, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind, whisk, wind gust, work up, yeastiness

ROGET THESAURUS

flurry

Activity

N activity, briskness, liveliness, animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy, snap, vim, nimbleness, agility, smartness, quickness, velocity, alacrity, promptitude, despatch, dispatch, expedition, haste, punctuality, eagerness, zeal, ardor, perfervidum aingenium, empressement, earnestness, intentness, abandon, vigor, devotion, exertion, industry, assiduity, assiduousness, sedulity, laboriousness, drudgery, painstaking, diligence, perseverance, indefatigation, habits of business, vigilance, wakefulness, sleeplessness, restlessness, insomnia, pervigilium, insomnium, racketing, movement, bustle, stir, fuss, ado, bother, pottering, fidget, fidgetiness, flurry, officiousness, dabbling, meddling, interference, interposition, intermeddling, tampering with, intrigue, press of business, no sinecure, plenty to do, many irons in the fire, great doings, busy hum of men, battle of life, thick of the action, housewife, busy bee, new brooms, sharp fellow, sharp blade, devotee, enthusiast, zealot, meddler, intermeddler, intriguer, busybody, pickthank, hummer, hustler, live man, rustler, active, brisk, brisk as a lark, brisk as a bee, lively, animated, vivacious, alive, alive and kicking, frisky, spirited, stirring, nimble, nimble as a squirrel, agile, light-footed, nimble-footed, featly, tripping, quick, prompt, yare, instant, ready, alert, spry, sharp, smart, fast, quick as a lamplighter, expeditious, awake, broad awake, go-ahead, live wide-awake, forward, eager, strenuous, zealous, enterprising, in earnest, resolute, industrious, assiduous, diligent, sedulous, notable, painstaking, intent, indefatigable, unwearied, unsleeping, never tired, plodding, hard-working, businesslike, workaday, bustling, restless, restless as a hyena, fussy, fidgety, pottering, busy, busy as hen with one chicken, working, at work, on duty, in harness, up in arms, on one's legs, at call, up and doing, up and stirring, busy, occupied, hard at work, hard at it, up to one's ears in, full of business, busy as a bee, busy as a one-armed paperhanger, meddling, meddlesome, pushing, officious, overofficious, intrigant, astir, stirring, agoing, afoot, on foot, in full swing, eventful, on the alert, actively, with life and spirit, with might and main &c, with haste, with wings, full tilt, in mediis rebus, Int, be alive, look alive, look sharp!, move on, push on!, keep moving!, go ahead!, stir your stumps!, age quod agis!, jaldi!, karo!, step lively!, carpe diem, seize the day, nulla dies sine linea, nec mora nec requies, the plot thickens, No sooner said than done, veni vidi vici, catch a weasel asleep, abends wird der Faule fleissig, dictum ac factum, schwere Arbeit in der Jugend ist sanfte Ruhe im Al, hard work in youth means soft rest in age, the busy hum of men.

Haste

N haste, urgency, despatch, dispatch, acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash, speed, velocity, precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness, impetuosity, brusquerie, hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter, hasty, hurried, brusque, scrambling, cursory, precipitate, headlong, furious, boisterous, impetuous, hotheaded, feverish, fussy, pushing, in haste, in a hurry, in hot haste, in all haste, breathless, pressed for time, hard pressed, urgent, with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed, in haste, apace, amain, all at once, at short notice, immediately, posthaste, by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches, hastily, precipitately, helter-skelter, hurry-skurry, holus-bolus, slapdash, slap-bang, full-tilt, full drive, heels over head, head and shoulders, headlong, a corps perdu, by fits and starts, by spurts, hop skip and jump, sauve qui peut, every man for himself, devil take the hindmost, no time to be lost, no sooner said than done, a word and a blow, haste makes waste, maggiore fretta minore atto, ohne Hast aber ohne Rast stand not upon the order, swift, swift, you dragons of the night.

Feeling

N feeling, suffering, endurance, tolerance, sufferance, supportance, experience, response, sympathy, impression, inspiration, affection, sensation, emotion, pathos, deep sense, warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence, fervor, fervency, heartiness, cordiality, earnestness, eagerness, empressement, gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore, fanaticism, excitation of feeling, fullness of the heart, passion, ecstasy, blush, suffusion, flush, hectic, tingling, thrill, turn, shock, agitation, quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor, throb, throbbing, pulsation, palpitation, panting, trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment, state of excitement, feeling, sentient, sensuous, sensorial, sensory, emotive, emotional, of feeling, with feeling, warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive, keen, keen as a razor, trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic, impressive, deep, profound, indelible, deep felt, home felt, heartfelt, swelling, soul-stirring, deep-mouthed, heart-expanding, electric, thrilling, rapturous, ecstatic, earnest, wistful, eager, breathless, fervent, fervid, gushing, passionate, warm-hearted, hearty, cordial, sincere, zealous, enthusiastic, glowing, ardent, burning, red-hot, fiery, flaming, boiling over, pervading, penetrating, absorbing, rabid, raving, feverish, fanatical, hysterical, impetuous, impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with, devoured by, wrought up, struck all of a heap, rapt, in a quiver, enraptured, heart and soul, from the bottom of one's heart, ab imo pectore, at heart, con amore, heartily, devoutly, over head and ears, head over heels, the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking, the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy).

Excitability

N excitability, impetuosity, vehemence, boisterousness, turbulence, impatience, intolerance, nonendurance, irritability, itching, wincing, disquiet, disquietude, restlessness, fidgets, fidgetiness, agitation, trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry, fuss, flurry, fluster, flutter, pother, stew, ferment, whirl, buck fever, hurry-skurry, thrill, state of excitement, fever of excitement, transport, passion, excitement, flush, heat, fever, heat, fire, flame, fume, blood boiling, tumult, effervescence, ebullition, boiling over, whiff, gust, story, tempest, scene, breaking out, burst, fit, paroxysm, explosion, outbreak, outburst, agony, violence, fierceness, rage, fury, furor, furore, desperation, madness, distraction, raving, delirium, phrensy, frenzy, hysterics, intoxication, tearing passion, raging passion, anger, fascination, infatuation, fanaticism, Quixotism, Quixotry, tete montee, excitable, easily excited, in an excitable state, high-strung, irritable, impatient, intolerant, feverish, febrile, hysterical, delirious, mad, moody, maggoty- headed, unquiet, mercurial, electric, galvanic, hasty, hurried, restless, fidgety, fussy, chafing, startlish, mettlesome, high-mettled, skittish, vehement, demonstrative, violent, wild, furious, fierce, fiery, hot-headed, madcap, overzealous, enthusiastic, impassioned, fanatical, rabid, rampant, clamorous, uproarious, turbulent, tempestuous, tumultuary, boisterous, impulsive, impetuous, passionate, uncontrolled, uncontrollable, ungovernable, irrepressible, stanchless, inextinguishable, burning, simmering, volcanic, ready to burst forth, volatile, excited, exciting, Int, pish!, pshaw!, noli me tangere, filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd, maggiore fretta minore atto.