nnoun.acta rapid active commotionSynset:ado bustle fuss hustle stir
Derivationally Related Form:bustlehustlefussflurry
Hypernyms:commotion din ruckus ruction rumpus tumult
Inherited Hypernyms:bustlecommotiondisturbancemotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.phenomenona light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)Synset:snow flurry
Examples:- he had to close the window against the flurries
- there was a flurry of chicken feathers
Hypernyms:snow snowfall
Inherited Hypernyms:flurrysnowprecipitationweatheratmospheric phenomenonphysical phenomenonnatural phenomenonphenomenonprocessphysical entityentity
vverb.motionmove in an agitated or confused mannerDerivationally Related Form:flurry
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:flurrymove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.emotioncause to feel embarrassmentSynset:confuse disconcert put off
Examples:- The constant attention of the young man confused her
Derivationally Related Form:disconcertiondisconcertmentconfusion
Hypernyms:abash embarrass
Inherited Hypernyms:confuseembarrassupsetarousemake
Direct Hyponyms:botherdeflectdistractfluster
Full Troponyms:botherdistractflusterruffle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: confuse) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: confuse, put off, disconcert, flurry) | The good news will --- her (apply to: confuse, flurry)