uproar

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  1. noun A condition of noisy excitement and confusion; tumult: "The uproar of the street sounded violently and hideously cacophonous” (Virginia Woolf). See Synonyms at noise.
  2. noun A heated controversy.

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  • The Buttons stared in amazement, and some creatures came out of the trees to see what the uproar was all about THE captain sat up. —  GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION
  • The terminus of the uproar was a particularly loud jangling crash of glass--and I happened to be standing where I could see what Spatny had done. —  170 - No Light To Die By
  • His little joke had touched off the fireworks They got together in the parlor of the suite of rooms which they had at the hotel Doc Savage asked, "Does anyone know what the uproar was all about No one did Have you," Doc asked, "noticed those three strangers before today Ham said, "I think I have. —  102 - Mystery Island
  • He lifted one of them up, and they freed Monk Monk dropped down, grinning After that, they divided the job of opening the cages, and got it done quickly From the direction of the harbor, a voice was shouting, demanding to know what all the uproar was about THEY now had plenty of man power. —  079 - Poison Island
  • Similarly, when GNOME-centered distros like Fedora introduced PulseAudio last year, the uproar was a small echo of the complaints over KDE 4.0. —  LXer Linux News
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tumult ·  commotion ·  clamor ·  din ·  outcry ·  hubbub ·  shout ·  yell ·  peal ·  racket ·  clatter ·  tempest
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Probably by folk etymology from Middle Low German uprōr : up-, up (from up); see upo in Indo-European roots + rōr, motion; see kerə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Dutch oproeren (= German aufrühren = Swedish uppröra = Danish opröre), stir up, from op, up, + roeren, stir: see up and rear. No connection with roar. Cf. uproar, n.
  2. Early modern English uprore; from Dutch oproer (= Middle Low German uprōr, German aufruhr = Swedish uppror = Danish oprör), tumult, sedition, revolt, from oproeren, stir up: see uproar, v.
 

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