uproar
/ˈʌpɹɔːɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This highly-aggressive approach had results, but briefly caused a major uproar in parts of the United States, which was mitigated by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, which formalised the U.S. Navy's contribution to the antislavery efforts."
- "[…] had I power, I should Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell, Uproar the universal peace, confound All unity on earth."
- "[…] through their Tumultuous Uproaring have they caused the peaceable and harmless to suffer […]"
- "[…] the landlady entering at this very time with news that his wife had been delivered of a dead child, he yielded to the most furious ebullitions; while, in accordance with him, all howled and shrieked, and bellowed and uproared, with double vigor."
- "When red-mouth’d cannons to the clouds uproar, And gasping hosts sleep shrouded in their gore,"
- "Officers, as well as men, now mingle in the uproaring strife, and snatching the weapons of the slain, swell the horrid carnage."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Aufruhr
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʌpɹɔːɹ/
- British English: /ˈʌpɹɔː/