Uproar
['ʌprɔː] or ['ʌprɔr]
Definition
(n.) Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.
(v. t.) To throw into uproar or confusion.
(v. i.) To make an uproar.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Tumult, disturbance, commotion, confusion, turmoil, hubbub, clamor, racket, din, vociferation, noise, HULLABALOO, row, riot, SHINDY.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
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Definition
n. noise and tumult: bustle and clamour.—v.t. Uproar′ (Shak.) to throw into uproar or confusion.—v.i. to make an uproar.—adj. Uproar′ious making or accompanied by great uproar.—adv. Uproar′iously.—n. Uproar′iousness the state of being uproarious noisy or riotous.
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Examples
- A great uproar took place in the court, and in the midst of it, Doctor Manette was seen, pale and trembling, standing where he had been seated. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And yet when was the time that such have not cried out: heart-broken, humble protestants, unheard in the uproar of the triumph! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No voice would have had wing enough to rise above the uproar, and Mr. Brooke, disagreeably anointed, stood his ground no longer. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The village was in an uproar instantly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- THEN she fell into hysterics again, and he was so frightened that he would send for Mr. Donavan, and Mr. Donavan found the house in all this uproar. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The bride's father, our good friend there, is a noble person, and I am proud to know him (great uproar). Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There will be no uproar at all, said Timothy. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It made a stupendous uproar. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Bennet, you are wanted immediately; we are all in an uproar. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I fell into a dull slumber before the fire, without losing my consciousness, either of the uproar out of doors, or of the place in which I was. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The rest laughed and shouted, and the uproar brought the keeper to the door. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They are not aware his uproars are all sound and fury, signifying nothing! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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