uproar

n.

1. A condition of noisy excitement and confusion; tumult: "The uproar of the street sounded violently and hideously cacophonous" (Virginia Woolf). See synonyms at noise.
2. A heated controversy.

[Probably by folk etymology from Middle Low German uprōr : up-, up (from up) + rōr, motion.]

noun

1. A condition of intense public interest or excitement: brouhaha, sensation, stir¹. Informal to-do. Slang hoo-hah. See excite/bore/interest.
2. An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace: agitation, commotion, disorder, disturbance, helter-skelter, stir¹, tumult, turbulence, turmoil. Informal flap, to-do. See calm/agitation, order/disorder.
3. Sounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable: babel, clamor, din, hubbub, hullabaloo, noise, pandemonium, racket, rumpus, tumult. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
4. Offensively loud and insistent utterances, especially of disapproval: clamor, hullabaloo, outcry, rumpus, vociferation. Idioms: hue and cry. See like/dislike, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

n

Definition: commotion, pandemonium
Antonyms: calm, peace

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IN BRIEF: A noisy and confused state.

An uproar filled the stands when all of the racehorses broke free of their trainers.

Uproar

Dansk (Danish)
n. - spektakel, oprør, tumult, larm

Nederlands (Dutch)
tumult, groot protest

Français (French)
n. - tumulte, agitation, indignation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tumult, Aufruhr

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θόρυβος, φασαρία, αναστάτωση, αναταραχή, οχλοβοή, οχλαγωγία

Italiano (Italian)
tumulto, chiasso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tumulto (m), alvoroço (m)

Русский (Russian)
шум, волнение, взрыв смеха

Español (Spanish)
n. - tumulto, alboroto, protesta airada, conmoción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kalabalik, förvirring, rabalder, liv, oväsen, larm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
喧嚣, 骚动

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 喧囂, 騷動

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소란, 야단법석

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大騒ぎ, 騒音

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضجيج, ضجه, صخب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רעש, מהומה, בלבול, צעקות‬

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