uproar

«uproar» in Mova's school dictionary: a lot of loud, confused noise and excitement from many… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (uproar — usually uncountable; an uproar)

meaning for a pupil

1) Uproar is a lot of loud, confused noise and excitement from many people. tree →

2) An uproar is a public storm of anger or protest about something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In class, «the room was in uproar» means everyone was shouting and out of order. In news, «an uproar over the new rules» means many people are angry. In Alice the courtroom and the Queen's croquet game end in uproar; in The Wind in the Willows the battle in Toad Hall is an uproar.

examples

• The classroom was in uproar when the hamster escaped. tree →
• There was an uproar when the referee gave the penalty. tree →
• The court was in an uproar. tree →
• The plan to close the library caused an uproar. tree →
• The crowd went into uproar at the goal. tree →
• The banquet in Toad Hall ended in uproar. tree →
• A great uproar among the beasts interrupted him. tree →

note

Phrases: «in uproar», «cause an uproar». Adjective: uproarious (very noisy, or very funny). It has nothing to do with a lion's roar, though it sounds like it.

In the corpora

• Hark, the uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together!
• Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town?
• Truly vain have proved the hills, the uproar on the mountains; truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
• Why are the nations in an uproar?
• For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «uproar» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.