Category:Uproar

Up"roar, n. Etym: [d. oproer; akin to g. aufruhr, dan. oprör, sw. Uppror; d. op up + roeren to stir; akin to as. hr to stir, hr Stirring, active, g. rühren to stir, ohg. ruoren, icel. hræra, dan. Röre, sw. röra. Cf. Rearmouse.]

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.

Uproar Up*roar", v. t.

Defn: to throw into uproar or confusion. [obs.] "uproar the universal Peace." Shak.

Uproar Up*roar", v. i.

Defn: to make an uproar. [r.] Carlyle.