Brouhaha
//ˈbruˌhɑˌhɑ// noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stir; a fuss or uproar.
"It caused quite a brouhaha when the school suspended one of its top students for refusing to adhere to the dress code."
- 2 a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits wordnet
- 3 loud confused noise from many sources wordnet
Example
More examples"It caused quite a brouhaha when the school suspended one of its top students for refusing to adhere to the dress code."
Etymology
Borrowed from French brouhaha, but disputed as to where from before that. Possibly from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”).
More for "brouhaha"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.