Furor

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  furor \furor\ n.
     an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; a fad.
  
     Syn: fad, craze, furore, cult, rage.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. a sudden outburst (as of protest).
  
     Syn: uproar, furore.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  furore \fu*ro"re\, n. [It.]
     Excitement; commotion; enthusiasm. [Also spelled {furor}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  furor
       n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always
            follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that
            season" [syn: {fad}, {craze}, {furore}, {cult}, {rage}]
       2: a sudden outburst (as of protest) [syn: {furore}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  152 Moby Thesaurus words for "furor":
     Alecto, Megaera, Nemesis, Tisiphone, abandon, aberration,
     abnormality, agitation, alienation, amok, ardency, ardor, attack,
     bluster, brain damage, brainsickness, brawl, broil, brouhaha, bug,
     burning rage, cacophony, chaos, clouded mind, commotion,
     convulsion, craze, craziness, crazy fancy, daftness, delirium,
     dementedness, dementia, derangement, disorientation, distraction,
     disturbance, ebullition, ecstasy, embroilment, enthusiasm,
     excitement, fanaticism, fascination, ferment, fervency, fervidness,
     fervor, fever, fire, fire and fury, fit, flap, folie, fomentation,
     foofaraw, frenzy, fume, furious rage, furore, fury, fuss, gusto,
     heart, heartiness, heat, hubbub, hysteria, impassionedness,
     infatuation, insaneness, insanity, intoxication, irrationality,
     liveliness, loss of mind, loss of reason, lunacy, madness, mania,
     manic-depressive psychosis, mental deficiency, mental derangement,
     mental disease, mental disorder, mental disturbance,
     mental illness, mental instability, mental sickness,
     mind overthrown, mindsickness, murderous insanity, oddness, orgasm,
     orgy, pandemonium, paroxysm, passion, passionateness, pixilation,
     possession, psychokinesia, queerness, rabidness, racket, rage,
     rapture, ravishment, reasonlessness, relish, row, ruckus, rumpus,
     savor, seizure, senselessness, shattered mind, sick mind, sickness,
     soul, spasm, spirit, storminess, strangeness, tearing passion,
     tempestuousness, the Erinyes, the Eumenides, the Furies,
     towering rage, transport, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence,
     turmoil, unbalance, unbalanced mind, unsaneness, unsound mind,
     unsoundness, unsoundness of mind, uproar, upset, vehemence, verve,
     violence, warmth, warmth of feeling, wildness, witlessness, zeal,
     zealousness