hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer
(noun) loud confused noise from many sources
tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil
(noun) a state of commotion and noise and confusion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
uproar (countable and uncountable, plural uproars)
Tumultuous, noisy excitement. [from 1520s]
Loud confused noise, especially when coming from several sources.
A loud protest, controversy, outrage
• See also commotion
uproar (third-person singular simple present uproars, present participle uproaring, simple past and past participle uproared)
(transitive) To throw into uproar or confusion.
(intransitive) To make an uproar.
Source: Wiktionary
Up"roar, n. Etym: [D. oproer; akin to G. aufruhr, Dan. oprör, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS. hr to stir, hr stirring, active, G. rühren to stir, OHG. ruoren, Icel. hræra, Dan. röre, Sw. röra. Cf. Rearmouse.]
Note: [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.]
Definition: 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.
Up*roar", v. t.
Definition: To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] "Uproar the universal peace." Shak.
Up*roar", v. i.
Definition: To make an uproar. [R.] Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
