Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Tumultuous, noisy excitement.

    Aufruhr

    волне́ниеvolnénije, сумато́хаsumatóxa, сумя́тицаsumjática

  2. (countable, uncountable)Loud, confused noise, especially when coming from several sources.

    шумšum, гамgam, го́монgómon

    loud confused noise from many sources

  3. (countable, uncountable)A loud protest, controversy, or outrage.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. The judge's decision caused an uproar.

    deDer Richterspruch führte zu einem Aufschrei.

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  2. The whole town was in an uproar.

    deDie ganze Stadt war in Aufruhr.

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  3. Tom's decision caused an uproar.

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  4. The confusion and panic caused an uproar.

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  5. This has caused a huge uproar in the city.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
noisy excitement:
confused noise:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
noisy excitement:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: uproars
Singularuproar
Pluraluproars

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relateduproarious
Deriveduproarish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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