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uproar |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Uproar \Up"roar\, n. [D. oproer akin to G. aufruhr Dan. opr["o]r, Sw uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS hr?ran to stir, hr?r stirring, active, G. r["u]hren to stir, OHG. ruoren Icel. hr[ae]ra, Dan. r["o]re, Sw r["o]ra. Cf {Rearmouse}.] Note: [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.] Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor. But the Jews which believed not . . . set all the city on an uproar. --Acts xvii. 5. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. t. To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] ``Uproar the universal peace.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. i. To make an uproar. [R.] --Carlyle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: uproar n 1: a state of commotion and loud confused noise [syn: {tumult}, {tumultuousness}, {garboil}] 2: loud confused noise from many sources [syn: {hubbub}, {brouhaha}]
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