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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UP'ROAR, n.
Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; bustle and clamor.
The Jews who believed not - set all the city in an uproar. Acts 17.
Horror thus prevail'd, and wild uproar.
UPROAR, v.t. To throw into confusion. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a state of commotion and noise and confusion [syn: tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil]
2: loud confused noise from many sources [syn: hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch oproer, from Middle Dutch, from op up (akin to Old English ?p) + roer motion; akin to Old English hr?ran to stir Date: 1526 a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a tumult; a violent disturbance. Etymology: Du. oproer f. op up + roer confusion, assoc. with ROAR

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Uproar Up*roar", v. t. To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] ``Uproar the universal peace.'' --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Uproar Up*roar", v. i. To make an uproar. [R.] --Carlyle.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. 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. N-UNCOUNT: also a N, oft in N 2. You can also use uproar to refer to a lot of public criticism and debate about something that has made people angry. The town is in uproar over the dispute... The surprise announcement could cause an uproar in the United States. N-UNCOUNT: also a N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Tumult, disturbance, commotion, confusion, turmoil, hubbub, clamor, racket, din, vociferation, noise, fracas.

Moby Thesaurus

Bedlam let loose, ado, affray, agitation, babel, bedlam, blast, bluster, bobbery, bother, brawl, broil, brouhaha, bustle, cacophony, chaos, charivari, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, coil, commotion, confusion, din, discord, disorder, disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, embroilment, fanaticism, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, flap, flurry, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, free-for-all, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, gaff, hassle, hell broke loose, helter-skelter, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry, jangle, loud noise, melee, noise, noise and shouting, outburst, outcry, pandemonium, passion, pell-mell, perturbation, pother, racket, rage, rampage, rattle, rhubarb, riot, roar, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, ruffle, rumble, rumpus, scramble, shindig, shindy, shivaree, stir, storminess, swirl, swirling, tempestuousness, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, trouble, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, upset, vociferation, vortex, whirl, wildness, yeastiness, zeal, zealousness