uproar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: uproar	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for uproar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uproar n a state of commotion and noise and confusion [syn: tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil] loud confused noise from many sources Synonym(s): hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uproar \Uproar"\, v. t. To throw into uproar* or confusion. [Obs.] [bd]Uproar the universal peace.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. i. To make an uproar. [R.] --Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uproar \Up"roar\, n. [D. oproer; akin to G. aufruhr, Dan. opr[94]r, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS. hr[?]ran to stir, hr[?]r stirring, active, G. r[81]hren to stir, OHG. ruoren, Icel. hr[91]ra, Dan. r[94]re, Sw. r[94]ra. Cf. {Rearmouse}.] Note: [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.] Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor. But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. --Acts xvii. 5.