upheaval

English

Etymology

From upheave +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌpˈhi.vəl/
• Hyphenation: up‧heav‧al

Noun

upheaval (countable and uncountable, plural upheavals)

1. Disruptive change, from one state to another.
   • 2023 March 8, “Network News: Carstairs shut for main line upgrade”, in RAIL, number 978, page 11:

     Scotland's bottleneck junction between the West and East Coast main lines at Carstairs will be the site of major upheaval until the end of May, while £164 million worth of improvements are carried out.

2. The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.
3. A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion.
   • 2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Since that upheaval Wales have won just once in seven games, beating Northern Ireland in the Nations Cup last May.

Synonyms

• seismic shift

Translations

process of being heaved upward, especially of the earth's crust

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隆起 (zh) m (lóngqǐ)

• Finnish: maanpinnan kohoaminen
• French: soulèvement (fr) m, surrection (fr) f
• Georgian: ძვრა (ʒvra), დაძვრა (daʒvra), მიწის ფენების გადანაცვლება (mic̣is penebis gadanacvleba)
• German: Erhebung (de) f, Aufwölbung f
• Italian: sollevamento (it) m
• Maori: tairangatanga
• Russian: подъём (ru) m (podʺjóm), подня́тие (ru) n (podnjátije), смеще́ние (ru) n (smeščénije), сдвиг (ru) m (sdvig)
• Spanish: surgimiento m
• Swedish: omstörtning, omvälvning, kaos
• Turkish: kabarma (tr), yükselme (tr)
• Ukrainian: зміщення n (zmiščennja), зрушення n (zrušennja)

sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion

• Bulgarian: катаклизъм (bg) m (kataklizǎm)
• Catalan: trastorn (ca) m, daltabaix (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動亂／动乱 (zh) (dòngluàn), 動盪／动荡 (zh) (dòngdàng)

• Finnish: mullistus (fi), kumous (fi)
• French: bouleversement (fr) m
• Georgian: არეულობა (areuloba), არეულ-დარეულობა (areul-dareuloba), ძვრა (ʒvra), სიღრმისეული ცვლილება (siɣrmiseuli cvlileba), სიღრმისეული გარდაქმნა (siɣrmiseuli gardakmna), ძირეული ცვლილება (ʒireuli cvlileba)
• German: Umbruch (de) m, Aufruhr (de) m
• Greek: χαμός (el) m (chamós), της τρελής (tis trelís)
• Maori: akaaka
• Polish: wstrząs (pl) m, afera (pl) f
• Russian: беспоря́дки (ru) m pl (besporjádki), бунт (ru) m (bunt), переворо́т (ru) m (perevorót), возмуще́ние (ru) n (vozmuščénije)
• Spanish: convulsión (es) f
• Swedish: omvälvning (sv) c
• Turkish: ani değişiklik (tr), inkılap (tr)
• Ukrainian: заворушення pl n (zavorušennja), переворот m (perevorot), потрясі́ння n (potrjasínnja)