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How to pronounce uproar in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms garboil, tumult, tumultuousness
Type of to-do, commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle
Has types combustion
Derivation uproarious
Type Words
Synonyms brouhaha, hubbub, katzenjammer
Type of noise
Derivation uproarious

Examples of uproar

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As News 10 Now's, Amy Ohler reports some students say it would create an uproar.
From the news10now.com
Much of the uproar came about as a result of the way the Muslims got their land.
From the time.com
The uproar over the art piece appears to offer a lesson in the power of symbols.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Now he's sparked an uproar by asking companies to do a lot of that work for him.
From the businessweek.com
McCants created an uproar after comparing his life at UNC to doing time in jail.
From the newsobserver.com
The uproar taught Toyota how much more quickly it needed to respond in a crisis.
From the forbes.com
Amid the ensuing uproar, he retreated, while carefully keeping that option open.
From the economist.com
One paper in his portfolio, News of the World, sparked the phone-hacking uproar.
From the bloomberg.com
She was one of eight U.S. attorneys whose firings sparked a Capitol Hill uproar.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Tumult: a state of commotion and noise and confusion
  • Hubbub: loud confused noise from many sources
  • Uproar is a fictional mutant character created by Marvel Comics for their Marvel 2099 run X-Men 2099 but later migrated into the pages of X-Nation 2099. This short-lived series only lasted six issues before being terminated.