单词 | uproar |
释义 | uproarn. 1. a. An insurrection or rising of the populace; a serious tumult, commotion, or outbreak of disorder among the people or a body of persons. Also without article. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun] > instance of uproar1526 commotion1540 hurry1600 cataclysm1861 α. β. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxixv The beginner of this temerarious commocion, and sodain vprore.1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lxxvi. 524 Al wise men haue greuousely condemned seditions, which we are wonte to calle tumultes or vprores.1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iii. xix. sig. N4 Least the realme might chance indure Some new reuolt, or any fresh vprore.1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xxxiv. 112 That the kingdome should remaine in more safety, and lesse vprore.1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 109 b Keeping the king's peace in time of sudden uprores.γ. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxv. 23 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 73 When stormy vproares tosse the peoples brayn.1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. C2v Confusion, tyranie, vproares will shake all.1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 84 These late Uproars amongst the Indians.1702 E. Calamy Abridgm. Baxter's Life & Times vi. 76 To avoid Uproars of this kind, he was advis'd to withdraw a while from Home.1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vi. 347 The officers found it difficult for some time to appease the uproar.1905 J. H. McCarthy Dryad 258 There was nothing so wonderful in the crushing of such an uproar as that of the Catalan Grand Company.1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xxi. 38 That Ægipcian whych..made an vproure, and ledde out into the wildernes about iiij. thousande men. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings xi. 14 Athalia rente hir clothes, & sayde vproure, vproure. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xi. 247 Among them is no mutinyng, no vproures, no sturres. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xiijv Who shall represse the sodayne insurrections and Ciuile vprours [L. motus]? b. In figurative uses. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. D3 His eye which late this mutiny restraines, Vnto a greater vprore tempts his vaines. View more context for this quotation 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. C2 The rocks gron'd At the intestine vprore of the maine. 2. a. Loud outcry or vociferation; noise of shouting or tumult. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour reamOE ropeOE brack?c1200 utas1202 hootinga1225 berec1225 noise?c1225 ludea1275 cryc1275 gredingc1275 boastc1300 utasa1325 huec1330 outcrya1382 exclamation1382 ascry1393 spraya1400 clamourc1405 shoutingc1405 scry1419 rumourc1425 motion?a1439 bemec1440 harrowc1440 shout1487 songa1500 brunt1523 ditec1540 uproar1544 clamouring1548 outrage1548 hubbub1555 racket1565 succlamation1566 rear1567 outcrying1569 bellowing1579 brawl1581 hue and cry1584 exclaiming1585 exclaim1587 sanctus1594 hubbaboo1596 oyez1597 conclamation1627 sputter1673 rout1684 dirduma1693 hallalloo1737 yelloching1773 pillaloo1785 whillaloo1790 vocitation1819 blue murder1828 blaring1837 shilloo1842 shillooing1845 pillalooing1847 shriek1929 yammering1937 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > uproar or tumult brack?c1200 ludea1275 ludingc1275 grede13.. to-doc1330 stevenc1385 ruitc1390 shoutingc1405 rumourc1425 dirdumc1440 shout1487 rippit?1507 glamer?a1513 rangat?a1513 reird?a1513 larumc1515 reirdour1535 uproar1544 clamouring1548 racket1565 baldare1582 rack jack1582 rufflery1582 pother1603 rut1607 clamorousnessa1617 hurricane1639 clutter1656 flaw1676 splutter1677 rout1684 hirdum-dirdum1724 fracas1727 collieshangie1737 racketing1760 hullabaloo1762 hurly1806 bobbery1816 trevally1819 pandemonium1827 hurly-burly1830 outroar1845 on-ding1871 tow-row1877 ruckus1885 molrowing1892 rookus1892 rux1918 1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. clxiii. sig. H vj The souldiours..cannot take anye counsayle of thynges to be doone in suche vprore and wepynges [of women]. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. O2v That all on vprore..The house was raysd, and all that in did dwell. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 386 The King was receiued into the house.., where without any vproar he slew seuentie. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 479 Night and Chaos wilde..fiercely oppos'd My journey strange, with clamorous uproare Protesting Fate supreame. View more context for this quotation 1718 Free-thinker No. 53. 1 A Field of War, stained with Blood, and filled with Uproar and Confusion. 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. iii, in Lamia & Other Poems 191 Thus in alternate uproar and sad peace, Amazed were those Titans utterly. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxv. 221 The sound of wild shrieking,..mingled with the barking of dogs, and other symptoms of general uproar. b. With article (an or the) and in plural. ΚΠ c1572 W. Forrest Theophilus 1057 in Anglia (1884) 7 108 Although to his shame yt make an uprore Of admyration before the worldes sight. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 98 We heard vpon the sudden a great vprore and cry, Strike, strike, throw, throw. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 187 The daily Uproars about his Palace of Whitehall, which did emperil and threaten his Life. 1760 G. Colman P. Honeycombe i. ii. 19 There's always an uproar in the family about marrying the daughter. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. v. 118 It was the wild uproar of riot, not the cheering gaiety of tempered mirth. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 291 Hearing..a prodigious uproar in the street, we hastened to the window. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. iv. 99 His uproars are all sound and fury, signifying nothing. 1897 G. A. Henty On Irrawaddy 152 The uproar of the advancing crowd was prodigious. Every man was yelling, at the top of his voice. 3. in (an) uproar, in a state of tumult, commotion, or excitement. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > in a state of commotion or disorder [phrase] on steerc1480 the devil to paya1500 in (an) uproar1548 the devil rides on a fiddle-stick1598 in motion1598 the devil (and all) to doa1681 (all) the fat is in the fire1797 (a) (b)1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. xvi. 58 Whereat heauen greeuing, clad it selfe in black: But earth in vprore, triumpht at their wrack.1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 573 All Persia was in uprore about the election of a new Prince.a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1650 (1955) III. 17 As we pass'd St. Denis the people were in up-rore.1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark Pref. sig. Civv To haue all the worlde in an vprore, and inquieted with warres. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. ii. vii. 63 Those that escaped put all the countrie in an vprore as they went. 1635 Life & Pranks Long Meg of Westm. viii. 16 The street was in such an uproar. 1778 F. Burney Evelina II. ix. 70 For some minutes the room seemed quite in an uproar [of laughter]. 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. II. lxxxviii. 259 Thus it was at Alcamo, where the streets seemed to be in an uproar till after midnight. 1831 Hare tr. L. Tieck Old Man of Mountain 40 His head is in an uprore, his heart throbs tumultuously. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. App. 522 (table) Ice in an uproar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). uproarv. 1. transitive. To throw into confusion. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > throw into commotion or disorder [verb (transitive)] stirc950 disturbc1290 troublec1330 turmoil1530 to set cock on the hoopa1549 garboil1572 blend1594 irrequiate1598 storm1609 uproara1616 embroil1619 dissettle1631 unsettle1651 hurly-burly1678 unhinge1679 disrest1726 commote1852 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 100 Nay, had I powre, I should..Vprore the vniuersall peace, confound All vnity on earth. View more context for this quotation 1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 48 The demon rage which uproared Europe's peace. 2. intransitive. To make an uproar. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [verb (intransitive)] > uproar or tumult clamourc1400 rumblec1405 shout1513 racket1617 to keep a (bad, etc.) quarter1632 to raise a dust1649 obstreperate1765 row1797 uproar1834 to raise Cain1840 to raise the mischief1840 to raise (also lift) the roof1845 steven1855 tow-row1877 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. viii. 95/2 Do not we..uproar (poltern), and revel in our mad Dance of the Dead? 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. ii. 354 Danton was not prone..to act, or uproar for his own safety. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. vii. 387 All men accuse, and uproar, and impetuously acclaim. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1526v.a1616 |
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