Uproar Meaning
/ˈʌpɹɔː/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounTumultuous, noisy excitement.
nounLoud, confused noise, especially when coming from several sources.
Sentence Examples
The whole town was in an uproar.
Holyrood is in uproar.
His conversion to Islam caused such an uproar in the family.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The controversial decision caused a huge angry ____ among the immediate audience.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The sudden announcement caused an ____ among the crowd, as many people expressed their strong disagreement today.
Word Origin & History
Calque of Dutch oproer or German Aufruhr, as up + roar.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"This highly-aggressive approach had results, but briefly caused a major uproar in parts of the United States, which was mitigated by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, which formalised the U.S. Navy's contribution to the antislavery efforts."
— 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 8:56 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:
"[…] had I power, I should
Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell,
Uproar the universal peace, confound
All unity on earth."
— c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
"[…] through their Tumultuous Uproaring have they caused the peaceable and harmless to suffer […]"
— 1661, William Caton, The Abridgment of Eusebius Pamphilius’s Ecclesiastical History, London: Francis Holden, published 1698, Part II, page 110, note:
"[…] 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."
— 1824, “Chapter 8”, in Thomas Carlyle, transl., Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and Travels, book 4, New York: A.L. Burt, translation of original by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published 1839, pages 210–211:
"When red-mouth’d cannons to the clouds uproar,
And gasping hosts sleep shrouded in their gore,"
— 1828, Robert Montgomery, The Omnipresence of the Deity, London: Samuel Maunder, Part II, page 56:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The controversial decision caused a huge angry ____ among the immediate audience.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The sudden announcement caused an ____ among the crowd, as many people expressed their strong disagreement today.