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noun
- 1. a loud and impassioned noise or disturbance: "the room was in an uproar" Similar Opposite
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UPROAR definition: 1. a situation in which a lot of people complain about something angrily or make a lot of noise…. Learn more.
noun. up· roar ˈəp-ˌrȯr. Synonyms of uproar. : a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance. Synonyms. ado. alarums and excursions. ballyhoo. blather. bluster. bobbery. bother. bustle. clatter. clutter [ chiefly dialect] coil. commotion. corroboree [ Australian] disturbance. do [ chiefly dialect] foofaraw. fun. furore. fuss.
UPROAR meaning: 1. a situation in which a lot of people complain about something angrily or make a lot of noise…. Learn more.
noun. /ˈʌprɔː (r)/ /ˈʌprɔːr/ [uncountable, singular] a situation in which people shout and make a lot of noise because they are angry or upset about something. The room was in (an) uproar. Her comments provoked (an) uproar from the audience. We could no longer hear him above the uproar. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
1. uncountable noun [oft a NOUN, oft in NOUN] If there is uproar, there is a lot of shouting and noise because people are very angry or upset about something. The announcement caused uproar in the crowd. The courtroom was in an uproar.
Any kind of noisy disturbance can be called an uproar. A large group of political protesters outside City Hall is likely to create an uproar. There's often an uproar in the audience of a rock concert when the band first appears on stage — people cheer and applaud and whistle.
Uproar definition: a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.. See examples of UPROAR used in a sentence.
1. A condition of noisy excitement and confusion; a tumult: "The uproar of the street sounded violently and hideously cacophonous" (Virginia Woolf). See Synonyms at noise. 2. An impassioned protest or heated controversy: The publication of the book caused an uproar.
Violent disturbance or commotion, esp. one accompanied by loud, confused noise, as of shouting; tumult. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. An impassioned protest or heated controversy. The publication of the book caused an uproar. American Heritage. Loud, confused noise; din. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: noise.
a situation in which many people complain about something angrily: The book caused an uproar in the United States. Local residents are UK in uproar/ US in an uproar over plans for the new road. (Definition of uproar from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
