Crossword Dictionary
brouhaha
brouhaha - n
a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits
synonyms
bedlam, bother, bustle, clamor, clatter, commotion, disturbance, fuss, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, squall, stew, stir, storm, tempest, to-do, tumult
in a sentence
A brouhaha erupted over her statements about the president.
There's been a lot of brouhaha about her statements.
Eve show that she was fired from amid the 2017 brouhaha.
After a brouhaha over timing earlier this month, the House agreed to take up the bill this week.
etymology
1890, from French brouhaha (15c.), said by Gamillscheg to have been, in medieval theater, "the cry of the devil disguised as clergy." If it has an etymology, it is perhaps from Hebrew barukh habba' "blessed be the one who comes," used on public occasions (as in Psalm cxviii).