Meaning of UPROAR
| Pronunciation: | | 'uprowr
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- [n] loud confused noise from many sources
- [n] a state of commotion and noise and confusion
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| | Synonyms: | | brouhaha, garboil, hubbub, katzenjammer, tumult, tumultuousness |
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| | See Also: | | combustion, commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, noise, stir, to-do, turmoil | |
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\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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