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单词 uproar
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Definition of uproar in English:

uproar

noun ˈʌprɔːˈəpˌrɔr
  • 1A loud and impassioned noise or disturbance.

    the room was in an uproar
    mass noun the assembly dissolved in uproar
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There was an uproar in the audience while everyone tried to scream louder than the person next to him or her.
    • Suddenly, an uproar of shouts rang through the halls as both writers and editors alike came to see what was causing the commotion.
    • The uproar that followed was both spontaneous and tremendous.
    Synonyms
    turmoil, disorder, confusion, chaos, commotion, disturbance, tumult, turbulence, mayhem, pandemonium, havoc, bedlam, all hell broken loose
    noise, din, clamour, hubbub, racket, row, clangour
    babble, shouting, yelling, babel
    West Indian bangarang
    informal hullabaloo, rumpus
    1. 1.1 A public expression of protest or outrage.
      it caused an uproar in the press
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Accounts of this violence, made worse by exaggeration, created a national uproar.
      • You well know how these kinds of issues can almost get a life of their own, in terms of creating an uproar.
      • Only after an uproar from the public did he begrudgingly give the chairman of the residents' committee a few minutes.
      • He comments on being weighed down ‘with the burdens of pastoral care’ and ‘great tumultuous uproars in secular affairs’.
      • Suddenly the public was in an uproar, and the producers in Hollywood took up their cause.
      • Dr. Leaky started much of the uproar when he found his famous missing link, Lucy.
      • Can any judge throw those statements out knowing what the uproar would be?
      • Amid the uproar that followed, a political trap was sprung.
      • It took the intervention of the media, and the consequent uproar to stop what would have been a truly monumental blunder.
      • Or, perhaps they felt some guilt for the uproar that they had created in the first place.
      • If this had happened to a prominent citizen, it surely would have created an uproar.
      • All this at a time when the whole of Britain is in an uproar over obscene council tax rises and in a turmoil over pensions crises!
      • It caused an uproar, as I thought it would, but many people realized later that it was the right thing to do.
      • We asked star Dennis Franz how the show was able to overcome the early uproar.
      • So I was surprised to read about the uproar it is causing.
      • Workers at Swindon Pressings caused such an uproar at plans to scrap its annual Christmas trees that the company will now be putting them up.
      • This started an uproar of public debate, so the reporters went after Joshua again.
      • The city that pioneered free public libraries is facing uproar over plans to close one of its reading rooms.
      • In the late 1990s, the issue of potential mass sales of Canadian water to the U.S. caused an uproar.
      Synonyms
      outcry, furore, outrage, howl of protest, protest, protestation, complaint, objection
      clamour, fuss, commotion, hue and cry, row, ruckus, brouhaha
      opposition, dissent, vociferation, indignation
      informal hullabaloo, rumpus, ballyhoo, stink, ruction

Origin

Early 16th century: from Middle Dutch uproer, from op 'up' + roer 'confusion', associated with roar.

  • The origins of uproar have no connection with roaring. It came from Dutch, from up ‘up’ and roer ‘confusion’. It sounded as though it could be a native English form, and people associated the second element with roar, shifting the meaning from its original sense of ‘rebellion, uprising’ to ‘loud confused noise’.

 
 

Definition of uproar in US English:

uproar

nounˈəpˌrôrˈəpˌrɔr
  • 1A loud and impassioned noise or disturbance.

    the room was in an uproar
    the assembly dissolved in uproar
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Suddenly, an uproar of shouts rang through the halls as both writers and editors alike came to see what was causing the commotion.
    • The uproar that followed was both spontaneous and tremendous.
    • There was an uproar in the audience while everyone tried to scream louder than the person next to him or her.
    Synonyms
    turmoil, disorder, confusion, chaos, commotion, disturbance, tumult, turbulence, mayhem, pandemonium, havoc, bedlam, all hell broken loose
    1. 1.1 A public expression of protest or outrage.
      it caused an uproar in the press
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It caused an uproar, as I thought it would, but many people realized later that it was the right thing to do.
      • So I was surprised to read about the uproar it is causing.
      • All this at a time when the whole of Britain is in an uproar over obscene council tax rises and in a turmoil over pensions crises!
      • Amid the uproar that followed, a political trap was sprung.
      • Dr. Leaky started much of the uproar when he found his famous missing link, Lucy.
      • The city that pioneered free public libraries is facing uproar over plans to close one of its reading rooms.
      • We asked star Dennis Franz how the show was able to overcome the early uproar.
      • In the late 1990s, the issue of potential mass sales of Canadian water to the U.S. caused an uproar.
      • Can any judge throw those statements out knowing what the uproar would be?
      • Accounts of this violence, made worse by exaggeration, created a national uproar.
      • He comments on being weighed down ‘with the burdens of pastoral care’ and ‘great tumultuous uproars in secular affairs’.
      • This started an uproar of public debate, so the reporters went after Joshua again.
      • Or, perhaps they felt some guilt for the uproar that they had created in the first place.
      • If this had happened to a prominent citizen, it surely would have created an uproar.
      • Only after an uproar from the public did he begrudgingly give the chairman of the residents' committee a few minutes.
      • It took the intervention of the media, and the consequent uproar to stop what would have been a truly monumental blunder.
      • Suddenly the public was in an uproar, and the producers in Hollywood took up their cause.
      • Workers at Swindon Pressings caused such an uproar at plans to scrap its annual Christmas trees that the company will now be putting them up.
      • You well know how these kinds of issues can almost get a life of their own, in terms of creating an uproar.
      Synonyms
      outcry, furore, outrage, howl of protest, protest, protestation, complaint, objection

Origin

Early 16th century: from Middle Dutch uproer, from op ‘up’ + roer ‘confusion’, associated with roar.

 
 
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