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uproar n. clamour, hubbub, disturbance, commotion, hullabaloo,
brouhaha, din, racket, pandemonium, tumult, turmoil, pother,
outcry, outburst, bedlam, agitation, frenzy, broil, rumpus,
fuss; affray, fracas, brawl; Colloq hoo-ha, to-do, US hoop-la,
Brit kerfuffle or carfuffle or kurfuffle: The announcement of
the new taxes caused a nation-wide uproar.
uproarious
adj. 1 clamorous, noisy, deafening, tumultuous, turbulent,
tempestuous, excited, frenzied, rowdy, riotous, disorderly,
wild: We had an uproarious party on New Year's Eve. 2
hilarious, hysterical, (screamingly) funny, side-splitting,
Colloq too funny for words, killing: Leslie told his uproarious
story about Colonel Cholmondley and the tiger.
uproot v. 1 transfer, transplant, move, displace; exile, banish:
Finney has been uprooted five times in his career with the firm.
2 deracinate, extirpate, root out, dig out, pluck out, tear out;
destroy, demolish, ruin, eradicate, annihilate, kill, ruin,
devastate, ravage: Thousands of trees were uprooted by the
hurricane.
upset v. 1 disturb, agitate, distress, unsettle, put off, put out,
perturb, disquiet, fluster, ruffle, frighten, scare, disconcert,
dismay, trouble, worry, bother, discompose, make (someone)
nervous: We once had a nanny who told the children horror
stories just to upset them. 2 overturn, capsize, topple, up-end,
tip over, knock over or down, invert, turn topsy-turvy or upside
down, spill: That is the third time this week you have upset
the cream jug. 3 disturb, derange, disrupt, disarrange, mess
up, disorganize, snarl up, jumble, muddle, Colloq Brit kerfuffle
or carfuffle or kurfuffle: The boys upset the entire house with
their horseplay. 4 overthrow, defeat, beat, worst, thrash,
rout, conquer, overcome, win out over, get the better of, get or
gain the advantage over, triumph over, be victorious over,
vanquish: The question is whether the challenger will upset the
champion in the Wimbledon finals. 5 defeat, ruin, spoil, thwart,
interfere with, destroy, demolish, mess up, disturb, Colloq
throw a Brit spanner in(to) or US monkey wrench into (the
works), US discombobulate, Slang screw up, gum up, put the
kibosh on, Taboo slang fuck up , Brit bugger up: Your coming
early upset my plan to shampoo my hair.