Uproar

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. t.
     To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] "Uproar the
     universal peace." --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. i.
     To make an uproar. [R.] --Carlyle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uproar \Up"roar\ ([u^]p"r[=o]r`), n. [D. oproer; akin to G.
     aufruhr, Dan. opr["o]r, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to
     stir; akin to AS. hr[=e]ran to stir, hr[=o]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.
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           But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city
           on an uproar.                            --Acts xvii.
                                                    5.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uproar
       n 1: a state of commotion and noise and confusion [syn: {tumult},
             {tumultuousness}, {garboil}]
       2: loud confused noise from many sources [syn: {hubbub}, {brouhaha},
           {katzenjammer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  118 Moby Thesaurus words for "uproar":
     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