Crossword Dictionary

uproar 

tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil - n 
a state of commotion and noise and confusion 

wordplays

synonyms 

ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, commotion, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter

in a sentence 

There was a lot of public uproar over the proposed jail. 

There have been uproars in the past over similar proposals. 

The proposal caused an uproar. 

The town was in an uproar over the proposal to build a jail.

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etymology 

1520s, "outbreak of disorder, revolt, commotion," used by Tyndale and later Coverdale as a loan-translation of German Aufruhr or Dutch oproer "tumult, riot," literally "a stirring up," in German and Dutch bibles (as in Acts xxi.38). This is from German auf (Middle Dutch op) "up" (see up(adv.)) + ruhr (Middle Dutch roer) "a stirring, motion," which is related to Old English hreran"to move, stir, shake" (see rare (adj.2)). The meaning "noisy shouting" is recorded from 1540s, probably by mistaken association with unrelated roar.

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