Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An uproar; a hubbub.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the confused noise of many voices.
- n. a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits.
WordNet 3.0
- n. loud confused noise from many sources
- n. a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits
Etymologies
- French, of imitative origin.
Examples
“With the show having figured that out the title brouhaha notwithstanding, Cox has never been more engaging, funny and assured in her performance.”
“You don't see what the brouhaha is about an elected official possibly trading votes for money?”
“The stadium brouhaha is a large sucking hole removing all of the air from the room.”
“Camus would be appalled, I think, to know that so much brouhaha is being made about where his bones lay.”
“The Reid brouhaha is ridiculous, I will agree with that.”
“Needless to say all this brouhaha is making my life interesting.”
“But if this rejection of FNC turns out to be a temporary blip, a short-term brouhaha, and Democratic public figures again embrace it as an equal to other news outlets, then it will not have made a difference except as a memory that our party leaders once came oh so close to "getting it" only to fail.”
“Barring any sudden revelations involving Riccardo Muti, a beautiful disaffected ex-KGB agent, and a briefcase full of uranium (TOTALLY MADE-UP STORY, although can't you just see Muti in a plot like that?), the Joyce Hatto brouhaha is certainly shaping up to be the classical music scandal of the year.”
“I assume that the brouhaha is not over a trademark but rather over the copyright to the design of the man-toys.”
“Even if the Bush administration succeeds in partially defusing the issue, the brouhaha is in itself a great victory for the advocates of "World War IV.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘brouhaha’.
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Very Silly Words
A list of very silly sounding words, as well as words that are fun to say
badot, gardyloo, dingbat, gaffer, kine, haberdashery, forsooth, whey-faced, hoddypeak, brouhaha, widdershins, decemnovenarianize and 115 more...
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Of Imitative Origin
Words formed in imitation of the sound of the things they signify.
bawl, biff, blizzard, blob, blooper, bob, boff, bomb, bonkers, boo, borborygmus, brouhaha and 148 more...
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The weird, the wonderful and the plain hilarious
Loved for their ingenuity, an exact description, or simply for the pure joy of it.
acidulous, aprosdoketon, higgledy-piggledy, lexicographical, ninja, audacious, somnabulist, shivaree, amorphous, quidnunc, glib, melancholy and 353 more...
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#faveword
Words chosen as favorites for the Twitter hashtag #faveword.
autumnal, grotto, chiaroscuro, sfumato, homunculus, zing, zest, effervescent, bewitch, avuncular, susurrus, Styrofoam and 205 more...
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TEN DOLLAR WORDS
brouhaha, foofaraw, ruckus, slumgullion, snollygoster, slangwhanger, slugabed, hodgepodge, rapscallion, muckamuck, hornswoggle, sockdolager and 5 more...
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Words for deinonychus
If you find a word that you want to share with me, this is a good place for it. I will try to look after it.
psychotronics, dolichocephalic, efficacious, scabrous, sympatidig, Ischnoceran, Amblyceran, Rhynchophthiran, Anopluran, Fahrenholz' Rule, Zlotorzycka's Rule, Eichler's Rule and 70 more...
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Nonsense
Synonyms of "nonsense"
tomfoolery, balderdash, poppycock, lalapalooza, hullabaloo, hodgepodge, gibberish, shenanigans, hootenanny, jabberwocky, gobbledygook, mummery and 15 more...
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HH
Very familiar names, compound words and phrases containing HH or H H
rough hewn, heinrich himmler, high hopes, match head, seventh heaven, bosch, hieronymus, faith hill, rush hour, cornish hen, hash house, faith healer, hush hush and 62 more...
skipvia Exactly! May 27, 2009
djsalinger I think wordie is a loud confused noise from many sources. May 27, 2009
trimylus Next time you find yourself in the middle of a brouhaha, you should continually yell the word "brouhaha" in order to further the brouhaha. May 4, 2009
reesetee Oh ha, ha, ha! Mar 24, 2008
bilby Alternative spelling brouha,ha. Mar 23, 2008
npydyuan *faking shits*
I have to--
nevermind Oct 12, 2007
reesetee *shaking fits*
I have to stop drinking so much coffee. Oct 12, 2007
chained_bear FINE. I'll do it. Damn you! *shaking fist*
(You know, at first I typed, "shaking fits," which is kind of funny.) Oct 12, 2007
reesetee Firesign Theatre! Love those guys. Who's up for a list? *hint, hint* Oct 12, 2007
chained_bear "Brouhaha? Ha ha ha!" --Firesign Theatre Oct 12, 2007
reesetee Ha! I used to frequent a cafe called Brew-HaHa. Made me laugh every time I walked in there. Oct 1, 2007
oroboros Brouheehee? Sep 30, 2007
skipvia It's difficult to say this word without laughing. Sep 30, 2007
erinoftheyear What a lovely word. Aug 15, 2007
seanahan This word is pretty popular. Aug 14, 2007