It caused quite a brouhaha when the school suspended one of its top students for refusing to adhere to the dress code.
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Brouhaha
/ˈbruˌhɑˌhɑ/
Synonyms for "brouhaha" (174 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (52)
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Noun(7 words)
Related words (87)
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Noun(6 words)
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- Closest matches in this entry: uproar, ado, ado, agitation, babel.
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More general
7 entriesMore specific
4 entrieslocal fussmedia brouhahaminor controversypolitical uproar
Collocations
6 entriesbaseless brouhahalocal brouhahamajor brouhahamedia brouhahapolitical brouhahapublic brouhaha
Inflections
1 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
For as they were maneuvering the cylinder onto a dolly, it split and dumped one ton of chlorine trifluoride onto the floor. It chewed its way through twelve inches of concrete and dug a three-foot hole in the gravel underneath, filled the place with fumes which corroded everything in sight, and, in general, made one hell of a mess. Civil Defense turned out, and started to evacuate the neighborhood, and to put it mildly, there was quite a brouhaha before things quieted down. Miraculously, nobody was killed, but there was one casualty — the man who had been steadying the cylinder when it split. He was found some five hundred feet away, where he had reached Mach 2 and was still picking up speed when he was stopped by a heart attack.
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Talk, it's only talk / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk / Back talk
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In the brouhaha over the reappointment of Superior Court Judge Sylvia Pressler, we organized massive support - telegramming, telephoning and writing to encourage the State Senate to exercise its advise and consent function responsibly.
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Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "brouhaha"?
Closest matches include uproar, ado, ado, agitation, babel.
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