Uproar
Pronunciation : Up"roar
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [D. oproer; akin to G. aufruhr, Dan. opr?r, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS. hr to stir, hr stirring, active, G. r?hren to stir, OHG. ruoren, Icel. hr?ra, Dan. r?re, Sw. r?ra. Cf. Rearmouse.]
Definition : Note: [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.]
Defn: Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor. But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. Acts xvii. 5.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Up*roar"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] "Uproar the universal peace." Shak.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Up*roar"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make an uproar. [R.] Carlyle.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913