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uproar

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1. uproar - Noun

2. uproar - Verb

Meaning

Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.

To throw into uproar or confusion.

To make an uproar.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows. P. G. Wodehouse

The screech and mechanical uproar of the big city turns the citified head, fills citified ears -- as the song of birds, wind in the trees, animal cries, or as the voices and songs of his loved ones once filled his heart. He is sidewalk-happy. Frank Lloyd Wright

I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures home But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Imagine the uproar if the Federal government tried to make everyone wear a radio transmitter around their neck so we can keep track of their movements. But people happily carry their cell phones in their purses and pockets. Lee Child

Such rebellion is too deep and too constant to express itself in picketing, marching, sitting-in or freaking out; it is the serious, unresting protest of serious people. It is 24-hours-a-day rebellion, not intermittent, showy, status-seeking public uproar. It is rebellion as a way of life. Robertson Davies

There is a great uproar made about the debt of a poor man. Hindi Proverb

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