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   uproar

   /ˈʌprɔː/

   noun

   • 1. a loud and impassioned noise or disturbance: "the room was in an uproar" Similar turmoildisorderconfusionchaoscommotiondisturbancetumultturbulencemayhempandemoniumhavocbedlamall hell broken loosenoisedinclamourhubbubracketrowclangourbabbleshoutingyellingbabelbangaranginformal:hullabaloorumpusOpposite calm
   • ▪ a public expression of protest or outrage: "it caused an uproar in the press" Similar outcryfuroreoutragehowl of protestprotestprotestationcomplaintobjectionclamourfusscommotionhue and cryrowruckusbrouhahaoppositiondissentvociferationindignationinformal:hullabaloorumpusballyhoostinkructionOpposite acquiescence

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

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