What does uproar mean?
Uproar means Tumultuous, noisy excitement..
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/ˈʌpɹɔː/ · noun
Tumultuous, noisy excitement..
This highly-aggressive approach had results, but briefly caused a major uproar in parts of the United States, which was mitigated by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, which formalised the U.S. Navy's contribution to the antislavery efforts.
[…] had I power, I should Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell, Uproar the universal peace, confound All unity on earth.
[…] through their Tumultuous Uproaring have they caused the peaceable and harmless to suffer […]
[…] the landlady entering at this very time with news that his wife had been delivered of a dead child, he yielded to the most furious ebullitions; while, in accordance with him, all howled and shrieked, and bellowed and uproared, with double vigor.
When red-mouth’d cannons to the clouds uproar, And gasping hosts sleep shrouded in their gore,
Officers, as well as men, now mingle in the uproaring strife, and snatching the weapons of the slain, swell the horrid carnage.
Use uproar when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Uproar means Tumultuous, noisy excitement..
Common synonyms include hue and cry, tumult, brouhaha, hubbub.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This highly-aggressive approach had results, but briefly caused a major uproar in parts of the United States, which was mitigated by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, which formalised the U.S. Navy's contribution to the antislavery efforts.
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