/flurry/

 

/flurry/

Noun.

-) Plural: flurries.

-) Pronunciation and accent: flʌrɪ.

-) Etymology: maybe of imitative origin.

-) It is dated from the end of 1600.

1. a. A sudden and brief agitation of air. b. A sudden shower with a gust of wind.

-) Synonyms for flurry: squall, gust.

-) Antonym: calm.

[…] and the pilot then kept north-eastward, close along the reefs under the high land; although by so doing we were frequently becalmed, and sometimes had strong flurries which made it necessary to take in all sail.

Matthew Flinders… A voyage to terra Australis 1814

Despite her fatigue, Miss Vere looked as bright as a rose swayed in a flurry of breeze and sun.

Anna Steele… Broken toys 1872

But this flurry of hail is the end of the storm, Marcia; the clouds are breaking, and it is light enough to see the path above the pergola.

Ada Anderson… The Rim of the Desert 1915

2. a. Agitation or perturbation of a person or another animal, concurrent either with a sudden emotion or with a hurried action. b. Agitation of something that is used by someone being in a state of flurry.

-) Synonyms: bustle, agitation, flutter, hurry, commotion.

-) Antonyms of flurry: tranquility, moping.

-) Translation: perturbación corporal, in Spanish; perturbation corporelle, in French; perturbazione corporale, in Italian.

The old lady appeared, in her gala suit of faded brocade, which rustled with flurry and agitation.

Washington Irving… Tales of a Traveller 1824

There was an unnatural flurry in the manner of uttering these words which would have excited suspicion even in the mind of an indifferent hearer.

Charlotte Burry… Love 1838

[…] I proceeded to narrate our adventure of the dehesa, and was in the most palpitating part of it, when the mozo came up in a flurry from the stable, and said that my pony had broken his halter, and was fighting furiously.

George Cayley… Las Alforjas 1853

The repast finished, the Duke ordered his horse. The animal was restive, and so, strenuously resisted being mounted that, although it was his usual charger; it was exchanged for another. This second horse started in such a flurry that the Duke lost his cloak, and almost his seat.

John Motley… The Rise of the Dutch Republic 1855

"What does she mean?" thought he, in all the flurry of his excited feelings.

Charles Lever… One of Them 1859

What she had to say seemed difficult to decide. She wrote a line, stared out of the window with fixity, and then wrote again--a flurry of quick, decisive strokes as if at determinate pressure.

William Howells… Quaint Courtships 1906

My lady was in a flurry of fear.

Kate Sweetser… Boys and girls…1907

-) Words derived from FLURRY: flurry (verb), flurried, flurriedly.