Hypertext Webster Gateway: "uproar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Uproar \Up"roar\, n. [D. oproer; akin to G. aufruhr, Dan.
opr["o]r, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS.
hr?ran to stir, hr?r stirring, active, G. r["u]hren to stir,
OHG. ruoren, Icel. hr[ae]ra, Dan. r["o]re, Sw. r["o]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. t.
To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] ``Uproar the
universal peace.'' --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. i.
To make an uproar. [R.] --Carlyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
uproar
n 1: a state of commotion and loud confused noise [syn: {tumult},
{tumultuousness}, {garboil}]
2: loud confused noise from many sources [syn: {hubbub}, {brouhaha},
{katzenjammer}]
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