'Uproar' definitions:
Definition of 'uproar'
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noun
noun
Definition of 'Uproar'
From: GCIDE
- Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. i. To make an uproar. [R.] --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Uproar'
From: GCIDE
- Uproar \Up"roar\ ([u^]p"r[=o]r`), n. [D. oproer; akin to G. aufruhr, Dan. opr["o]r, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS. hr[=e]ran to stir, hr[=o]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. [1913 Webster]
- But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. --Acts xvii. 5. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Uproar'
From: GCIDE
- Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. t. To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] "Uproar the universal peace." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'uproar'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- affray,
- agitation,
- babel,
- bedlam,
- Bedlam let loose,
- blast,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- bother,
- brawl,
- broil,
- brouhaha,
- bustle,
- cacophony,
- chaos,
- charivari,
- chirm,
- clamor,
- clangor,
- clap,
- clatter,
- coil,
- commotion,
- confusion,
- din,
- discord,
- disorder,
- disturbance,
- donnybrook,
- donnybrook fair,
- drunken brawl,
- dustup,
- ebullience,
- ebullition,
- eddy,
- effervescence,
- embroilment,
- fanaticism,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- flap,
- flurry,
- fomentation,
- foofaraw,
- fracas,
- free-for-all,
- frenzy,
- fume,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- fuss,
- gaff,
- hassle,
- hell broke loose,
- helter-skelter,
- howl,
- hubbub,
- hue and cry,
- hullabaloo,
- hurly-burly,
- hurry,
- hurry-scurry,
- jangle,
- loud noise,
- melee,
- noise,
- noise and shouting,
- outburst,
- outcry,
- pandemonium,
- passion,
- pell-mell,
- perturbation,
- pother,
- racket,
- rage,
- rampage,
- rattle,
- rhubarb,
- riot,
- roar,
- rough-and-tumble,
- roughhouse,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- ruffle,
- rumble,
- rumpus,
- scramble,
- shindig,
- shindy,
- shivaree,
- stir,
- storminess,
- swirl,
- swirling,
- tempestuousness,
- thunder,
- thunderclap,
- tintamarre,
- to-do,
- trouble,
- tumult,
- tumultuousness,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- upset,
- vociferation,
- vortex,
- whirl,
- wildness,
- yeastiness,
- zeal,
- zealousness