uproar

English

Etymology

Calque of Dutch oproer or German Aufruhr, as up +‎ roar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpɹɔː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpɹɔːɹ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

uproar (countable and uncountable, plural uproars)

1. Tumultuous, noisy excitement. [from 1520s]
2. Loud, confused noise, especially when coming from several sources.
3. A loud protest, controversy, or outrage.
   • 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 8:56 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 November 2024:

     This highly-aggressive approach had results, but briefly caused a major uproar in parts of the United States, which was mitigated by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, which formalised the U.S. Navy's contribution to the antislavery efforts.

Synonyms

• hue and cry
• See also Thesaurus:commotion

Derived terms

• get one's bowels in an uproar
• uproarious
• uproarish

Translations

noisy excitement

• Bengali: তুলকালাম (bn) (tulkalam), চিল্লানি (bn) (cillani)
• Bulgarian: шум (bg) m (šum), врява (bg) f (vrjava)
• Catalan: brogit (ca) m, avalot (ca) m, gatara f, cridòria (ca) f, aldarull (ca) m, rebombori (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 騷動 / 骚动 (zh) (sāodòng)

• Czech: vřava (cs) f, pozdvižení n, rozruch (cs) m, pobouření (cs) n
• Dutch: oproer (nl)
• French: clameur (fr) f
• Galician: barullo (gl) m, rebumbio m
• Georgian: აღშფოთება (aɣšpoteba), უკმაყოფილება (uḳmaq̇opileba), პროტესტი (ṗroṭesṭi), მღელვარება (mɣelvareba), აჟიოტაჟი (ažioṭaži), (usually used with): საყოველთაო (saq̇oveltao)
• German: Aufruhr (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: θόρυβος m (thórubos), κολοσυρτός m (kolosurtós)

• Gujarati: હંગામો m (haṅgāmo)
• Hindi: ख़ुराफ़ात f (xurāfāt), बवाल (hi) m (bavāl), हल्ला (hi) m (hallā), कोलाहल (hi) m (kolāhal)
• Italian: baraonda (it) f, clamore (it) m, fragore (it) m, baccano (it) m, bolgia (it) f, sobbuglio m
• Japanese: 騒動 (ja) (そうどう, sōdō)
• Latin: clāmor (la) m, turba (la) f, tumultus m
• Maori: rarī, tūkōripi
• Ottoman Turkish: گورلدی (gürüldü)
• Portuguese: rebuliço m
• Romanian: freamăt (ro), agitație (ro) f, tumult (ro) n
• Russian: волне́ние (ru) n (volnénije), сумато́ха (ru) f (sumatóxa), сумя́тица (ru) f (sumjática)
• Sanskrit: कोलाहल (sa) m or n (kolāhala)
• Scottish Gaelic: ùpraid f
• Spanish: bullicio (es) m, clamor (es) m, fragor (es) m, escandalera (es) f (colloquial), alboroto (es) m, griterío (es) m, estruendo (es) m, tumulto (es) m, bochinche (es) m, estrépito (es) m
• Tamil: கலகம் (ta) (kalakam)
• Urdu: ادھم f (udḥam)

confused noise

• Bengali: তুলকালাম (bn) (tulkalam), চিল্লানি (bn) (cillani)
• Bulgarian: бъркотия (bg) f (bǎrkotija)
• Catalan: brogit (ca) m, aldarull (ca) m, rebombori (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塵囂 / 尘嚣 (zh) (chénxiāo), 嘈雜 / 嘈杂 (zh) (cáozá), 喧嘩 (zh) (xuānhuá)

• Czech: povyk (cs) m
• French: clameur (fr) f
• Galician: barullo (gl) m, balbordo m, boureo (gl) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: θόρυβος m (thórubos)

• Gujarati: હંગામો m (haṅgāmo)
• Hindi: ख़ुराफ़ात f (xurāfāt), बवाल (hi) m (bavāl), हल्ला (hi) m (hallā), कोलाहल (hi) m (kolāhal)
• Italian: bailamme (it) m
• Japanese: 騒音 (ja) (そうおん, sōon)
• Maori: rarī, tararau, huhū
• Ottoman Turkish: گورلدی (gürüldü)
• Romanian: larmă (ro) f, clamoare (ro) f, gălăgie (ro) f, zgomot (ro) n
• Russian: шум (ru) m (šum), гам (ru) m (gam), го́мон (ru) m (gómon), галдёж (ru) m (galdjóž) (from people)
• Spanish: algarada (es) f
• Tamil: கலகம் (ta) (kalakam)
• Urdu: ادھم f (udḥam)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} ophef (nl) m
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} borrán m, ^{(please verify)} frum fram
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 소란(騷亂) (ko) (soran)

Verb

uproar (third-person singular simple present uproars, present participle uproaring, simple past and past participle uproared)

1. (transitive) To throw into uproar or confusion.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     […] had I power, I should
     Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell,
     Uproar the universal peace, confound
     All unity on earth.

2. (intransitive) To make an uproar.
   • 1661, William Caton, The Abridgment of Eusebius Pamphilius’s Ecclesiastical History‎^[2], London: Francis Holden, published 1698, Part II, page 110, note:

     […] through their Tumultuous Uproaring have they caused the peaceable and harmless to suffer […]

   • 1824, “Chapter 8”, in Thomas Carlyle, transl., Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and Travels‎^[3], book 4, New York: A.L. Burt, translation of original by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published 1839, pages 210–211:

     […] the landlady entering at this very time with news that his wife had been delivered of a dead child, he yielded to the most furious ebullitions; while, in accordance with him, all howled and shrieked, and bellowed and uproared, with double vigor.

   • 1828, Robert Montgomery, The Omnipresence of the Deity‎^[4], London: Samuel Maunder, Part II, page 56:

     When red-mouth’d cannons to the clouds uproar,
     And gasping hosts sleep shrouded in their gore,

   • 1829, Mason Locke Weems, “Chapter 12”, in The Life of General Francis Marion‎^[5], Philadelphia: Joseph Allen, page 106:

     Officers, as well as men, now mingle in the uproaring strife, and snatching the weapons of the slain, swell the horrid carnage.

Translations

to throw into uproar or confusion

to make an uproar

• Bengali: চিল্লানি (bn) (cillani)
• Bulgarian: вдигам шум (vdigam šum)
• Maori: tararau