Meaning of COMMOTION
| Pronunciation: | | ku'mowshun
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- [n] the act of making a noisy disturbance
- [n] confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
- [n] a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
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| | Synonyms: | | din, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, stir, to-do, tumult, turmoil, whirl |
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| | See Also: | | ado, bustle, disorder, disturbance, flurry, fuss, garboil, hustle, incident, motion, movement, stir, storm, storm center, storm centre, tempest, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com*mo"tion\, n. [L. commotio: cf. F. commotion. See
{Motion}.]
1. Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.
[What] commotion in the winds ! --Shak.
2. A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot.
When ye shall hear of wars and commotions. --Luke
xxi. 9.
3. Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat;
excitement. ``He could not debate anything without some
commotion.'' --Clarendon.
Syn: Excitement; agitation; perturbation; disturbance;
tumult; disorder; violence.
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| | Related Terms: | | ado, agitation, annoyance, bedlam, Bedlam let loose, blast, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, brawl, broil, brouhaha, burst, bustle, cacophony, chaos, charivari, chirm, churn, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, coil, communal, confusion, conjoint, conjunct, conturbation, convulsion, din, discomposure, discord, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, dither, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, embroilment, excitement, fanaticism, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness, foment, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, free-for-all, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, fussiness, hassle, hell broke loose, helter-skelter, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, hurrah, hurry, hurry-scurry, inquietude, insurgence, insurrection, irritation, jangle, jitters, joint, jumpiness, lather, loud noise, maelstrom, malaise, melee, moil, mutiny, mutual, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, noise, noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, passion, pell-mell, perturbation, pother, public, racket, rage, rampage, rattle, rebellion, restlessness, revolt, rhubarb, riot, roar, roil, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, rout, row, ruckus, ruction, ruffle, rumble, rumpus, scramble, seethe, seething, shared, shindig, shindy, shivaree, spasm, spurt, stew, stir, storm, storminess, strain, sweat, swirl, swirling, tempestuousness, tension, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unquiet, unrest, upheaval, uprising, uproar, upset, upturn, vexation, vortex, whirl, wildness, yeastiness, zeal, zealousness |
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