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n. A condition of noisy excitement and confusion; tumult: "The uproar of the street sounded violently and hideously cacophonous” ( Virginia Woolf). See Synonyms at noise.

n. A heated controversy.

n. tumultuous, noisy excitement

n. loud confused noise, especially when coming from several sources

n. Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.

v. To throw into uproar or confusion.

verb-intransitive. To make an uproar.

To stir up to tumult; throw into confusion; disturb.

To make an uproar; cause a disturbance.

n. Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; bustle and clamor; confusion; excitement.

n. loud confused noise from many sources

n. a state of commotion and noise and confusion

"However a lot of this uproar is about the Mayor grandstanding, making an example of some dumb celebrity, while gangs and organized crime [and plenty of them] freely roam NYC with illegal handguns."

silence   

noise   

outcry    disturbance   

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discord    tumult    hubbub    pother    hullabaloo    pandemonium    larum    bedlam    ferment    din   

tumult    commotion    clamor    din    outcry    hubbub    shout    yell    peal    racket