Uproar

//ˈʌpɹɔːɹ//

Synonyms for "uproar" (144 found)

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Noun(1 words)
brouhaha

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Related words (72)

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Translations

107 translations across 26 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • θόρυβος noun (noisy excitement)
  • θόρυβος noun (confused noise)
  • κολοσυρτός noun (noisy excitement)

Bengali

4 entries
  • চিল্লানি noun (noisy excitement)
  • চিল্লানি noun (confused noise)
  • তুলকালাম noun (noisy excitement)
  • তুলকালাম noun (confused noise)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бъркотия noun (confused noise)
  • врява noun (noisy excitement)
  • шум noun (noisy excitement)
  • вдигам шум verb (to make an uproar)

Catalan

4 entries
  • aldarull noun (noisy excitement)
  • aldarull noun (confused noise)
  • avalot noun (noisy excitement)
  • brogit noun (noisy excitement)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 喧嘩 noun (confused noise)
  • 嘈雜 /嘈杂 noun (confused noise)
  • 塵囂 /尘嚣 noun (confused noise)
  • 騷動 /骚动 noun (noisy excitement)

Czech

4 entries
  • pobouření noun (noisy excitement)
  • povyk noun (confused noise)
  • pozdvižení noun (noisy excitement)
  • rozruch noun (noisy excitement)

Dutch

1 entries
  • oproer noun (noisy excitement)

French

2 entries
  • clameur noun (noisy excitement)
  • clameur noun (confused noise)

Galician

4 entries
  • balbordo noun (confused noise)
  • barullo noun (noisy excitement)
  • barullo noun (confused noise)
  • boureo noun (confused noise)

Georgian

4 entries
  • აჟიოტაჟი noun (noisy excitement)
  • აღშფოთება noun (noisy excitement)
  • მღელვარება noun (noisy excitement)
  • პროტესტი noun (noisy excitement)

German

1 entries
  • Aufruhr noun (noisy excitement)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • હંગામો noun (noisy excitement)
  • હંગામો noun (confused noise)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कोलाहल noun (noisy excitement)
  • कोलाहल noun (confused noise)
  • ख़ुराफ़ात noun (noisy excitement)
  • ख़ुराफ़ात noun (confused noise)

Italian

4 entries
  • baccano noun (noisy excitement)
  • bailamme noun (confused noise)
  • baraonda noun (noisy excitement)
  • bolgia noun (noisy excitement)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 騒動 noun (noisy excitement)
  • 騒音 noun (confused noise)

Latin

3 entries
  • clāmor noun (noisy excitement)
  • tumultus noun (noisy excitement)
  • turba noun (noisy excitement)

Māori

4 entries
  • huhū noun (confused noise)
  • rarī noun (noisy excitement)
  • rarī noun (confused noise)
  • tararau noun (confused noise)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • گورلدی noun (noisy excitement)
  • گورلدی noun (confused noise)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • rebuliço noun (noisy excitement)

Romanian

4 entries
  • agitație noun (noisy excitement)
  • clamoare noun (confused noise)
  • freamăt noun (noisy excitement)
  • gălăgie noun (confused noise)

Russian

4 entries
  • волне́ние noun (noisy excitement)
  • галдёж noun (confused noise)
  • гам noun (confused noise)
  • го́мон noun (confused noise)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • कोलाहल noun (noisy excitement)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ùpraid noun (noisy excitement)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alboroto noun (noisy excitement)
  • algarada noun (confused noise)
  • bochinche noun (noisy excitement)
  • bullicio noun (noisy excitement)

Tamil

2 entries
  • கலகம் noun (noisy excitement)
  • கலகம் noun (confused noise)

Urdu

2 entries
  • ادھم noun (noisy excitement)
  • ادھم noun (confused noise)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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The whole town was in an uproar.

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On the day of my birthday, my friends made me drink and I caused quite an uproar.

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Holyrood is in uproar.

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If the real purpose of all the uproar about sweatshop labor in the Third World is to allow college students and professors to feel morally one-up on businesses that are providing much-needed jobs in poor countries, then it accomplishes that purpose.

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