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Webster 1913 Edition
Uproar
Up′roar
(ŭp′rōrˊ)
, Noun.
[D.
oproer
; akin to G. aufruhr
, Dan. oprör
, Sw. uppror
; D. op
up + roeren
to stir; akin to AS. hrēran
to stir, hrōr
stirring, active, G. rühren
to stir, OHG. ruoren
, Icel. hræra
, Dan. röre
, Sw. röra
. Cf. Rearmouse
.] [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.
Up-roar′
,Verb.
T.
To throw into uproar or confusion.
[Obs.]
“Uproar the universal peace.” Shak.
Up-roar′
,Verb.
I.
To make an uproar.
[R.]
Carlyle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Uproar
UP'ROAR
, n.Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; bustle and clamor.
The Jews who believed not - set all the city in an uproar. Act. 17.
Horror thus prevail'd, and wild uproar.
Definition 2025
uproar
uproar
English
Noun
uproar (countable and uncountable, plural uproars)
- tumultuous, noisy excitement
- loud confused noise, especially when coming from several sources
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:commotion
Derived terms
Translations
noisy excitement
confused noise
Verb
uproar (third-person singular simple present uproars, present participle uproaring, simple past and past participle uproared)
- (transitive) To throw into uproar or confusion.
- Shakespeare
- Uproar the universal peace.
- Shakespeare