furor
Wave of outrage
Furor is intense excitement, enthusiasm, or outrage, often widespread: The senator's comments caused a furor.
It can also mean a craze or trend that captures public attention: the furor over the new album.
The word suggests something more heated and urgent than mere interest—closer to frenzy than fascination.
Loud public protest
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
- clamorLoud persistent noise
- brouhahaNoisy public uproar
hullabaloo · kerfuffle · ruckus · controversy · scandal · backlash · protest · agitation
Uncontrollable emotional excess
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- mayhemViolent disorder and destruction
turmoil · fever · whirlwind · flurry · delirium · mania · craze · excitement
State of eager enthusiasm
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- zealIntense driving devotion
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- passionIntense emotional drive
fever · craze · mania · obsession · fanaticism · sensation · phenomenon · trend
Intense, violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- outrageFierce moral indignation
- indignationAnger from mistreatment
- ireIntense fury
temper · resentment · exasperation · hostility · animosity · aggression · vexation · spite
outcry
Loud public protest
brouhaha · hullabaloo · kerfuffle · ruckus · controversy · scandal · backlash · protest · agitation · stir
hysteria
Uncontrollable emotional excess
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
mayhem · turmoil · fever · whirlwind · flurry · delirium · mania · craze · excitement · ferment
excitement
State of eager enthusiasm
passion · fever · craze · mania · obsession · fanaticism · sensation · phenomenon · trend · vogue
rage
Intense, violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- outrageFierce moral indignation
- indignationAnger from mistreatment
ire · temper · resentment · exasperation · hostility · animosity · aggression · vexation · spite · belligerence
- backlashbacklash, blowback, outcry, outrage, pushback
- commotioncommotion, clamor, brouhaha, bedlam, hullabaloo
- controversiescontroversy, dispute, scandal, outcry, outrage
- Roman epicVirgil, Aeneid, Aeneas, Sibyl, in medias res
- Senecan tragedySeneca, Medea, Phaedra, Oedipus, Agamemnon
- adversidadesproblema, lesion, muerte, temblor, crimen
furorcalm
Free from agitation
tranquility · serenity · placidity · composure · stillness
furorindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · disinterest · unconcern · nonchalance · silence
- fast and furiousRapid and intense
- hell hath no fury
- sound and furyNoisy emptiness
- Nick Fury
- fire and fury
- like furyWith intense force
fury, furious, furiously, infuriate, infuriated, infuriates, furore, furies, furors