About The Word Uproar
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Uproar
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What's The Definition Of Uproar?
[n] loud confused noise from many sources
[n] a state of commotion and noise and confusion Synonyms | Synonyms for Uproar: brouhaha | garboil | hubbub | katzenjammer | tumult | tumultuousness Related Terms | Find terms related to Uproar: See Also | combustion | commotion | disruption | disturbance | flutter | hoo-ha | hoo-hah | hurly burly | kerfuffle | noise | stir | to-do | turmoil Uproar In Webster's Dictionary \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}.]
Note: [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.]
Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion;
bustle and clamor.
But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city
on an uproar. --Acts xvii.
5.
\Up*roar"\, v. t. To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] ``Uproar the universal peace.'' --Shak. \Up*roar"\, v. i. To make an uproar. [R.] --Carlyle. |
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