UPROAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uproar mean? 

• UPROAR (noun)
  The noun UPROAR has 2 senses:

1. a state of commotion and noise and confusion

2. loud confused noise from many sources

  Familiarity information: UPROAR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPROAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of commotion and noise and confusion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

garboil; tumult; tumultuousness; uproar

Hypernyms ("uproar" is a kind of...):

commotion; disruption; disturbance; flutter; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; hurly burly; kerfuffle; to-do (a disorderly outburst or tumult)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uproar"):

combustion (a state of violent disturbance and excitement)

Derivation:

uproarious (uncontrollably noisy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Loud confused noise from many sources

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

brouhaha; hubbub; katzenjammer; uproar

Hypernyms ("uproar" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

uproarious (uncontrollably noisy)

 Context examples 

I know because I have seen some of them. (Applause, uproar, and a voice, Liar!)

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Once their uproar became so loud that Bill woke up.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A sharp turning, and then a second one, brought them to the head of a short stair, from which they looked straight down upon the scene of the uproar.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He waited calmly till the uproar died down.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Martin took his seat amidst an uproar of voices.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Mr. Bennet, you are wanted immediately; we are all in an uproar.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

And there he heard a great noise and uproar; and when he asked what was the matter, the people said, “Two men are going to be hanged.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

THEN she fell into hysterics again, and he was so frightened that he would send for Mr. Donavan, and Mr. Donavan found the house in all this uproar.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

In the midst of the uproar there was an imperative rap upon the table, and my uncle rose to speak.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I fell into a dull slumber before the fire, without losing my consciousness, either of the uproar out of doors, or of the place in which I was.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)