MEANING
A sudden, intense expression of anger, excitement, or protest by many people.
Use it for
describing a public reaction to a revelation; distinguishing collective uproar from a private disagreement; showing controversy rising quickly around an eventNames a sudden collective eruption of attention, anger, or excitement rather than an individual’s quiet feeling. Writing functions: Public Emotion / Conflict.
Words that belong together
- cause a furor
- a public furor
- a furor over a decision
On the page
The missing paragraph caused a furor that the rest of the report never did.
By the time the furor subsided, no one remembered who had first supplied the rumour.
Word forms
- Base
- furor
Usage notes
Usually singular or uncountable: a furor, cause furor. Plural furors for separate uproars is regular. British variant furore is not a second entry. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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