uproar

uproar
Synonyms and related words:
Bedlam let loose, ado, affray, agitation, babel, bedlam, blast, bluster, bobbery, bother, brawl, broil, brouhaha, bustle, cacophony, chaos, charivari, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, coil, commotion, confusion, din, discord, disorder, disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, embroilment, fanaticism, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, flap, flurry, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, free-for-all, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, gaff, hassle, hell broke loose, helter-skelter, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry, jangle, loud noise, melee, noise, noise and shouting, outburst, outcry, pandemonium, passion, pell-mell, perturbation, pother, racket, rage, rampage, rattle, rhubarb, riot, roar, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, ruffle, rumble, rumpus, scramble, shindig, shindy, shivaree, stir, storminess, swirl, swirling, tempestuousness, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, trouble, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, upset, vociferation, vortex, whirl, wildness, yeastiness, zeal, zealousness

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  • Uproar — Up*roar , v. t. To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] Uproar the universal peace. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Uproar — Up roar, n. [D. oproer; akin to G. aufruhr, Dan. opr[ o]r, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS. hr?ran to stir, hr?r stirring, active, G. r[ u]hren to stir, OHG. ruoren, Icel. hr[ae]ra, Dan. r[ o]re, Sw. r[ o]ra. Cf. {Rearmouse}.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Uproar — Up*roar , v. i. To make an uproar. [R.] Carlyle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • uproar — index bluster (commotion), brawl, commotion, confusion (turmoil), disorder (lack of order) …   Law dictionary

  • uproar — 1520s, used by Tindale and later Coverdale as a loan translation of Ger. Aufruhr or Du. oproer tumult, riot, lit. a stirring up, in German and Dutch bibles (Cf. Acts xxi:38), outbreak of disorder, revolt, commotion, from Ger. auf (M.Du. op) up +… …   Etymology dictionary

  • uproar — *din, pandemonium, hullabaloo, babel, hubbub, clamor, racket Analogous words: strife, contention, dissension, *discord, conflict, variance: *confusion, disorder, chaos: fracas, *brawl, broil, melee …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • uproar — [n] commotion, pandemonium ado, babble, babel, bedlam, bickering, big scene*, brawl, broil*, bustle, chaos, clamor, clangor, clatter, confusion, din, disorder, flap*, fracas*, free for all*, furor, fuss, hassle, jangle, mayhem, melee, noise,… …   New thesaurus

  • uproar — ► NOUN 1) a loud and impassioned noise or disturbance. 2) a public expression of outrage. ORIGIN Dutch uproer, from op up + roer confusion , associated with ROAR(Cf. ↑roarer) …   English terms dictionary

  • uproar — [up′rôr΄] n. [Du oproer, a stirring up (akin to Ger aufruhr) < op, up + roeren, to stir (akin to OE hreran < IE base * k̑ere , to mix, stir up): form and sense infl. by ROAR] 1. violent disturbance or commotion, esp. one accompanied by loud …   English World dictionary

  • Uproar — Superherobox| caption=Uproar with Twilight and Metalsmith comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Uproar real name=unrevealed species=Human Mutant publisher=Marvel Comics debut= 2099 A.D. Genesis creators=Tom Payer Humberto Ramos alliance… …   Wikipedia

  • uproar — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge ▪ public ▪ a huge public uproar over taxation plans ▪ international ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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