Uproar

Quick meaning: Uproar is a noun meaning Tumultuous, noisy excitement.

Meaning

Tumultuous, noisy excitement.

More Meanings

1. Loud, confused noise, especially when coming from several sources.
2. A loud protest, controversy, or outrage.
3. (transitive) To throw into uproar or confusion.
4. (intransitive) To make an uproar.

Example Sentences

When red-mouth’d cannons to the clouds uproar, And gasping hosts sleep shrouded in their gore,

[…] through their Tumultuous Uproaring have they caused the peaceable and harmless to suffer […]

[…] had I power, I should Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell, Uproar the universal peace, confound All unity on earth.

Officers, as well as men, now mingle in the uproaring strife, and snatching the weapons of the slain, swell the horrid carnage.

Word Forms

• uproars
• uproaring
• uproared

Synonyms for uproar

Depending on context, synonyms include tumult, brouhaha, hubbub, garboil, tumultuousness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include brouhaha, hubbub, tumult, tumultuousness, garboil, hullabaloo.

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