Dictionary

uproar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʌpɹɔː/ (UK)
• /ˈʌpɹɔːɹ/ (US)
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Etymology

Calque of Dutch oproer or German Aufruhr, as up + roar.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Tumultuous, noisy excitement.
2. (countable, uncountable) Loud, confused noise, especially when coming from several sources.
3. (countable, uncountable) A loud protest, controversy, or outrage.
   • This highly-aggressive approach had results, but briefly caused a major uproar in parts of the United States, which was mitigated by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, which formalised the U.S. Navy's contribution to the antislavery efforts. 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 8:56 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:

Forms

Deriveds

uproarish · uproarious · get one's bowels in an uproar

Synonyms

hue and cry

Translations (117)

mi tararau (confused noise) · fi hälinä (confused noise) · bn তুলকালাম (confused noise) · ka აჟიოტაჟი (noisy excitement) · gl barullo (noisy excitement) · cs povyk (confused noise) · fi hämminki (confused noise) · ro zgomot (confused noise) · nl oproer (noisy excitement) · ru волне́ние (noisy excitement) · es tiberio (noisy excitement) · gu હંગામો (confused noise) · cs pozdvižení (noisy excitement) · hi ख़ुराफ़ात (confused noise) · bn তুলকালাম (noisy excitement) · grc θόρυβος (noisy excitement) · hi हल्ला (noisy excitement) · ka უკმაყოფილება (noisy excitement) · hi ऊधम (confused noise) · ro tumult (noisy excitement) · it bailamme (confused noise) · ru сумато́ха (noisy excitement) · sa कोलाहल (noisy excitement) · it fragore (noisy excitement) · es escandalera (noisy excitement) · la turba (noisy excitement) · hi कोलाहल (noisy excitement) · mi huhū (confused noise) · ca avalot (noisy excitement) · ca rebombori (confused noise) · es estrépito (noisy excitement) · ka საყოველთაო (noisy excitement) · ka მღელვარება (noisy excitement) · ru го́мон (confused noise) · hi बवाल (noisy excitement) · ro gălăgie (confused noise) · es guirigay (noisy excitement) · bg шум (noisy excitement) · ru шум (confused noise) · la tumultus (noisy excitement) · la clāmor (noisy excitement) · hi कोलाहल (confused noise) · es algarabía (noisy excitement) · es bochinche (noisy excitement) · bg врява (noisy excitement) · fr clameur (noisy excitement) · ja 騒音 (confused noise) · de Aufruhr (noisy excitement) · ru сумя́тица (noisy excitement) · hi ऊधम (noisy excitement) · hi हल्ला (confused noise) · ota گورلدی (noisy excitement) · ca cridòria (noisy excitement) · hi ख़ुराफ़ात (noisy excitement) · ro clamoare (confused noise) · ca aldarull (noisy excitement) · cs pobouření (noisy excitement) · ka პროტესტი (noisy excitement) · es griterío (noisy excitement) · bn চিল্লানি (confused noise) · mi rarī (noisy excitement) · cmn 塵囂 /尘嚣 (confused noise) · es fragor (noisy excitement) · hi हुड़दंग (noisy excitement) · it bolgia (noisy excitement) · hi बवाल (confused noise) · ru гам (confused noise) · ro larmă (confused noise) · es barahúnda (noisy excitement) · mi tūkōripi (noisy excitement) · bg бъркотия (confused noise) · es tropelaje (noisy excitement) · ru галдёж (confused noise) · ja 騒動 (noisy excitement) · gl barullo (confused noise) · gl rebumbio (noisy excitement) · ca brogit (confused noise) · it sobbuglio (noisy excitement) · es alboroto (noisy excitement) · ota گورلدی (confused noise) · cmn 嘈雜 /嘈杂 (confused noise) · fi melske (noisy excitement) · gl boureo (confused noise) · es algarada (confused noise) · cmn 騷動 /骚动 (noisy excitement) · ro agitație (noisy excitement) · ta கலகம் (confused noise) · grc θόρυβος (confused noise) · cmn 喧嘩 (confused noise) · ta கலகம் (noisy excitement) · ca gatzara (noisy excitement) · fr clameur (confused noise) · es tremolina (noisy excitement) · cs vřava (noisy excitement) · it baccano (noisy excitement) · gu હંગામો (noisy excitement) · bn চিল্লানি (noisy excitement) · es bullicio (noisy excitement) · ca aldarull (confused noise) · gl balbordo (confused noise) · fi meteli (noisy excitement) · it clamore (noisy excitement) · cs rozruch (noisy excitement) · ka აღშფოთება (noisy excitement) · ur ادھم (confused noise) · fi hälinä (noisy excitement) · pt rebuliço (noisy excitement) · ur ادھم (noisy excitement) · es estruendo (noisy excitement) · ca rebombori (noisy excitement) · it baraonda (noisy excitement) · mi rarī (confused noise) · es algarada (noisy excitement) · grc κολοσυρτός (noisy excitement) · ca brogit (noisy excitement) · ro freamăt (noisy excitement) · gd ùpraid (noisy excitement)

uproar en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈʌpɹɔː/ (UK)
• /ˈʌpɹɔːɹ/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Calque of Dutch oproer or German Aufruhr, as up + roar.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To throw into uproar or confusion.
   • […] had I power, I should Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell, Uproar the universal peace, confound All unity on earth. c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
2. (intransitive) To make an uproar.
   • […] the landlady entering at this very time with news that his wife had been delivered of a dead child, he yielded to the most furious ebullitions; while, in accordance with him, all howled and shrieked, and bellowed and uproared, with double vigor. 1824, “Chapter 8”, in Thomas Carlyle, transl., Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and Travels, book 4, New York: A.L. Burt, translation of original by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published 1839, pages 210–211:
   • […] through their Tumultuous Uproaring have they caused the peaceable and harmless to suffer […] 1661, William Caton, The Abridgment of Eusebius Pamphilius’s Ecclesiastical History, London: Francis Holden, published 1698, Part II, page 110, note:
   • Officers, as well as men, now mingle in the uproaring strife, and snatching the weapons of the slain, swell the horrid carnage. 1829, Mason Locke Weems, “Chapter 12”, in The Life of General Francis Marion, Philadelphia: Joseph Allen, page 106:
   • When red-mouth’d cannons to the clouds uproar, And gasping hosts sleep shrouded in their gore, 1828, Robert Montgomery, The Omnipresence of the Deity, London: Samuel Maunder, Part II, page 56:

Forms

Translations (3)

bn চিল্লানি (to make an uproar) · bg вдигам шум (to make an uproar) · mi tararau (to make an uproar)