Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To throw into uproar or confusion.

  2. (intransitive)To make an uproar.

Examples

14 sentences

  1. The judge's decision caused an uproar.

    deDer Richterspruch führte zu einem Aufschrei. — Yorwba

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  2. The whole town was in an uproar.

    deDie ganze Stadt war in Aufruhr. — Yorwba

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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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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

uproars, uproaring, uproared, uproared
Base formuproar · to uproar
3rd person singularuproars
Present participleuproaring
Past simpleuproared
Past participleuproared

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyuproar
he, she, ituproars

Past simpleLesson

all personsuproared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave uproared
he, she, ithas uproared

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill uproar

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
upriseuprisingupriveruproariouslyuprootupscale

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