Hubbub
['hʌbʌb]
Definition
(v. i.) A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
Inputed by Harvey
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Uproar, clamor, din, racket, hallabaloo, HULLABALOO, outcry.[2]. Tumult, disorder, confusion, disturbance, riot.
Edited by Laurence
Definition
n. a confused sound of many voices: riot: uproar.
Edited by Edith
Examples
- It will be rather lonely for you, Clym, after the hubbub we have been making. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Hubbub followed; high upbraiding, and sobs rather loud than deep or real. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He kept the issues of politics narrow and irrelevant, and just because these really interesting questions could not be handled, politics was an over-advertised hubbub. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Suddenly, amid all the hubbub of the gale, there burst forth the wild scream of a terrified woman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Throwing herself without ceremony on my bed she added, It seems Mademoiselle was nearly crushed to a jelly in a hubbub at the theatre some weeks ago. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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