'Commotion' definitions:
Definition of 'commotion'
(from WordNet)
noun
A disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to- do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle]
noun
noun
Confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" [syn: whirl, commotion]
Definition of 'Commotion'
From: GCIDE
- Commotion \Com*mo"tion\, n. [L. commotio: cf. F. commotion. See Motion.]
- 1. Disturbed or violent motion; agitation. [1913 Webster]
- [What] commotion in the winds ! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot. [1913 Webster]
- When ye shall hear of wars and commotions. --Luke xxi. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'commotion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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