uproar

English

Etymology

Calque of Dutch oproer or German Aufruhr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌpɹɔː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʌpɹɔːɹ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

uproar (countable and uncountable, plural uproars)

1. Tumultuous, noisy excitement. [from 1520s]
2. Loud confused noise, especially when coming from several sources.
3. A loud protest, controversy, outrage

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:commotion

Derived terms

• uproarious

Translations

noisy excitement

• Catalan: brogit m, avalot (ca) m, gatara f, cridòria (ca) f, aldarull (ca) m, rebombori m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 騷動／骚动 (zh) (sāodòng), 骚动 (zh) (sāodòng)

• Czech: vřava (cs) f
• Dutch: oproer (nl)
• French: clameur (fr) f
• Galician: barullo (gl) m, rebumbio m, trouleo (gl) m, barallo m, xetra f, trafego m, ruideira f
• German: Aufruhr (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: θόρυβος m (thórubos)

• Gujarati: હંગામો m (haṅgāmo)
• Hindi: ख़ुराफ़ात f (xurāfāt), बवाल (hi) m (bavāl), हल्ला (hi) m (hallā), कोलाहल (hi) m (kolāhal)
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• Italian: baraonda (it) f, clamore (it) m, fragore (it) m, baccano (it) m, bolgia (it) f, sobbuglio m
• Japanese: 騒動 (ja) (そうどう, sōdō)
• Latin: clāmor m, turba (la) f
• Maori: rarī, tūkōripi
• Portuguese: rebuliço m
• Romanian: freamăt (ro), agitație (ro) f, tumult (ro) n
• Russian: волне́ние (ru) n (volnénije), сумато́ха (ru) f (sumatóxa), сумя́тица (ru) f (sumjática)
• Sanskrit: कोलाहल (sa) m or n (kolāhala)
• Spanish: bullicio (es) m, clamor (es) m, fragor (es) m, escandalera f (colloquial)
• Tamil: கலகம் (ta) (kalakam)
• Urdu: ادھم f (udḥam)

confused noise

• Catalan: brogit m, aldarull (ca) m, rebombori m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塵囂／尘嚣 (zh) (chénxiāo), 尘嚣 (zh) (chénxiāo), 嘈雜／嘈杂 (zh) (cáozá), 嘈杂 (zh) (cáozá), 喧嘩 (zh) (xuānhuá), 喧哗 (zh) (xuānhuá)

• French: clameur (fr) f
• Galician: barullo (gl) m, brado m, clangor m, balbordo m
• Greek:

  Ancient: θόρυβος m (thórubos)

• Gujarati: હંગામો m (haṅgāmo)
• Hindi: ख़ुराफ़ात f (xurāfāt), बवाल (hi) m (bavāl), हल्ला (hi) m (hallā), कोलाहल (hi) m (kolāhal)
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• Italian: bailamme (it) m
• Japanese: 騒音 (ja) (そうおん, sōon)
• Maori: rarī, tararau
• Romanian: larmă (ro) f, clamoare (ro) f, gălăgie (ro) f, zgomot (ro) n
• Russian: шум (ru) m (šum), гам (ru) m (gam), го́мон (ru) m (gómon), галдёж (ru) m (galdjóž) (from people)
• Tamil: கலகம் (ta) (kalakam)
• Urdu: ادھم f (udḥam)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} ophef (nl) m
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} borrán m, ^{(please verify)} frum fram
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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 소란 (ko) (騷亂, soran)

Verb

uproar (third-person singular simple present uproars, present participle uproaring, simple past and past participle uproared)

1. (transitive) To throw into uproar or confusion.
   • c. 1605 William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 3,^[1]

     […] had I power, I should

     Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell,

     Uproar the universal peace, confound

     All unity on earth.

2. (intransitive) To make an uproar.
   • 1661, William Caton, The Abridgment of Eusebius Pamphilius’s Ecclesiastical History, London: Francis Holden, 1698, Part II, p. 110, note,^[2]

     […] through their Tumultuous Uproaring have they caused the peaceable and harmless to suffer […]

   • 1824, Thomas Carlyle (translator), Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and Travels by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, New York: A.L. Burt, 1839, Book 4, Chapter 8, pp. 210-211,^[3]

     […] the landlady entering at this very time with news that his wife had been delivered of a dead child, he yielded to the most furious ebullitions; while, in accordance with him, all howled and shrieked, and bellowed and uproared, with double vigor.

   • 1828, Robert Montgomery, The Omnipresence of the Deity, London: Samuel Maunder, Part II, p. 56,^[4]

     When red-mouth’d cannons to the clouds uproar,

     And gasping hosts sleep shrouded in their gore,

   • 1829, Mason Locke Weems, The Life of General Francis Marion, Philadelphia: Joseph Allen, Chapter 12, p. 106,^[5]

     Officers, as well as men, now mingle in the uproaring strife, and snatching the weapons of the slain, swell the horrid carnage.

Translations

to throw into uproar or confusion

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to make an uproar

• Maori: tararau
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