With all the kerfuffle since this morning I'd almost forgotten but we've still got the problem of the club members haven't we?
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Kerfuffle
//kəˈfʌfəl//
Synonyms for "kerfuffle" (31 found)
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Related words (15)
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5 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- суматоха noun (disorderly outburst)
Catalan
2 entries- aldarull noun (disorderly outburst)
- commoció noun (disorderly outburst)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 動亂 /动乱 noun (disorderly outburst)
- 吵鬧 /吵闹 noun (disorderly outburst)
- 混亂 /混乱 noun (disorderly outburst)
- 鬧騰 /闹腾 noun (disorderly outburst)
Czech
4 entries- mela noun (disorderly outburst)
- povyk noun (disorderly outburst)
- rámus noun (disorderly outburst)
- tahanice noun (disorderly outburst)
Dutch
1 entries- tumult noun (disorderly outburst)
Faroese
2 entries- rok noun (disorderly outburst)
- ófriður noun (disorderly outburst)
Finnish
2 entries- hälinä noun (disorderly outburst)
- hässäkkä noun (disorderly outburst)
French
3 entries- brouhaha noun (disorderly outburst)
- désordre noun (disorderly outburst)
- tumulte noun (disorderly outburst)
German
4 entries- Aufruhr noun (disorderly outburst)
- Durcheinander noun (disorderly outburst)
- Theater noun (disorderly outburst)
- Wirbel noun (disorderly outburst)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ståhei noun (disorderly outburst)
- tumult noun (disorderly outburst)
Portuguese
3 entries- bafafá noun (disorderly outburst)
- distúrbio noun (disorderly outburst)
- tumulto noun (disorderly outburst)
Russian
1 entries- сумато́ха noun (disorderly outburst)
Spanish
2 entries- descalzaperros noun (disorderly outburst)
- disturbio noun (disorderly outburst)
Swedish
2 entries- ståhej noun (disorderly outburst)
- uppståndelse noun (disorderly outburst)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The kerfuffle at the post office put her out of sorts for the rest of the afternoon.
Source: tatoeba (2654656)
There was quite a kerfuffle at the council meeting when the controversial proposals were being debated.
Source: tatoeba (3885484)
Boy, that sentence sure caused a kerfuffle.
Source: tatoeba (4212924)
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