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The synonyms of “Uproar” are: garboil, tumult, tumultuousness, brouhaha, hubbub, katzenjammer, turmoil, disorder, confusion, chaos, commotion, disturbance, turbulence, mayhem, pandemonium, havoc, bedlam, outcry, furore, outrage, howl of protest, protest, protestation, complaint, objection
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “uproar” as a noun can have the following definitions:
bedlam | An institution for the care of mentally ill people. There was bedlam in the courtroom. |
brouhaha | Loud confused noise from many sources. All that election brouhaha. |
chaos | Complete disorder and confusion. Snow caused chaos in the region. |
commotion | Civil insurrection. They set off firecrackers to make a lot of commotion. |
complaint | An illness or medical condition, especially a relatively minor one. He hasn t any cause for complaint. |
confusion | A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior. She looked about her in confusion. |
disorder | A state of confusion. The files are in complete disorder. |
disturbance | A psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness. A helicopter landing can cause disturbance to residents. |
furore | An interest followed with exaggerated zeal. The verdict raised a furore over the role of courtroom psychiatry. |
garboil | A state of commotion and noise and confusion. |
havoc | Great confusion or disorder. If they weren t at school they d be wreaking havoc in the streets. |
howl of protest | The long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf. |
hubbub | Loud confused noise from many sources. She fought through the hubbub. |
katzenjammer | Loud confused noise from many sources. |
mayhem | Violent or extreme disorder; chaos. Complete mayhem broke out. |
objection | A procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety. His view is open to objection. |
outcry | A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition. The public outcry over the bombing. |
outrage | An action or event causing outrage. The massacre was one of the worst outrages in the whole of our history. |
pandemonium | Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar. There was complete pandemonium everyone just panicked. |
protest | The act of protesting a public often organized manifestation of dissent. He shouted his protests at the umpire. |
protestation | An emphatic declaration in response to doubt or accusation. The many protestations did not stay the execution. |
tumult | The act of making a noisy disturbance. The whole neighbourhood was in a state of fear and tumult. |
tumultuousness | A state of commotion and noise and confusion. |
turbulence | Unstable flow of a liquid or gas. Political turbulence. |
turmoil | Violent agitation. The country was in turmoil. |
bedlam | Pejorative terms for an insane asylum. There was bedlam in the courtroom. |
blare | A loud, harsh sound. The horns of the taxis blared. |
brassy | Resembling brass in colour. Audience members are tapping their feet to the brassy music of the band. |
brouhaha | A confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits. The brouhaha over those infamous commercials. |
cacophony | A loud harsh or strident noise. A cacophony of deafening alarm bells. |
clamor | Compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring. The delegates clamored their disappointment. |
clatter | Fall or move with a clatter. The horse spun round with a clatter of hooves. |
commotion | A state of confused and noisy disturbance. A commotion of people fought for the exits. |
deafening | Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss. The music reached a deafening crescendo. |
din | The act of making a noisy disturbance. The fans made an awful din. |
disorder | Bring disorder to. Skin disorders. |
dissonance | The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience. A session full of jangling dissonances. |
disturbance | Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. There was too much anger and disturbance. |
hubbub | A busy, noisy situation. A hubbub of laughter and shouting. |
loud | Used chiefly as a direction or description in music loud with force. Loud trombones. |
mayhem | The crime of maliciously injuring or maiming someone, originally so as to render them defenceless. Complete mayhem broke out. |
midst | The location of something surrounded by other things. In the midst of the crowd. |
noise | Make a lot of noise. Making a noise like a pig. |
pandemonium | A state of extreme confusion and disorder. There was complete pandemonium everyone just panicked. |
racket | Hit a ball with a racket. A squash racket. |
raucous | Unpleasantly loud and harsh. A raucous party. |
remonstrate | Argue in protest or opposition. You don t mean that she remonstrated. |
riot | Take part in a riot disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot. Riot police. |
scream | An irresistibly funny person, thing, or situation. He screamed abuse down the phone. |
shakeup | The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes. Top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup. |
toot | Make a toot. A car tooted at us. |
tumult | Violent agitation. His personal tumult ended when he began writing songs. |
turbulence | Instability in the atmosphere. The industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence. |
turmoil | A violent disturbance. He endured years of inner turmoil. |
upheaval | A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally. The first upheaval produced a hill which was called Roof Mountain. |
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