Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A condition of noisy excitement and confusion; a tumult: synonym: noise.
- noun An impassioned protest or heated controversy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To stir up to tumult; throw into confusion; disturb.
- To make an uproar; cause a disturbance.
- noun Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; bustle and clamor; confusion; excitement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To throw into uproar or confusion.
- intransitive verb rare To make an uproar.
- noun Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
tumultuous ,noisy excitement - noun
loud confused noise , especially when coming from severalsources
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun loud confused noise from many sources
- noun a state of commotion and noise and confusion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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However a lot of this uproar is about the Mayor grandstanding, making an example of some dumb celebrity, while gangs and organized crime [and plenty of them] freely roam NYC with illegal handguns.
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I cannot for the life of me understand what all the uproar is about.
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And needy teachers are awful, and usually the ones with the class in uproar …
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Attorneys whose firings sparked a political uproar is getting a second chance at the job.
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When they were all asked about the current economic climate, he said that publishing houses were in uproar, people falling on their swords left, right and center, but in fact sales were only down about 1%.
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Nick Clegg knows that he will look terrible and his party will be in uproar if he dishonours the pledges he made in opposition.
The fierce battle behind the scenes for the coalition's soul Andrew Rawnsley 2010
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Attorneys whose firings sparked a political uproar is getting a second chance at the job.
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Did anyone expect a democratic president to nominate a conservative judge? all of this fake-uproar is laughable.
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Look at the uproar from the Police auth in the Met over officer (gulp) carrying guns on duty in public!
Have You Heard The One About……. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Did anyone expect a democratic president to nominate a conservative judge? all of this fake-uproar is laughable.
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