noun [U,sing.]
1 a situation in which people shout and make a lot of noise because they are angry or upset about sth:
The room was in (an) uproar. * Her comments provoked (an) uproar from the audience. * We could no longer hear him above the uproar.
2 a situation in which there is a lot of public criticism and angry argument about sth that sb has said or done:
The article caused (an) uproar when it was published.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for uproar is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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