Uproar

n. [D. uproer, Dan. uprör, Sw. uppror, O. Ger. ufruor, N. H. Ger. aufruhr, from op, upp, auf, up, and D. roeren, Dan. röre, Sw. röra, Icel. hröra, L. Ger. rören, N. H. Ger. rühren, O. H. Ger. rōrjan, hruorjan, A.-S. hrēran, to stir, agitate.] [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.] Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; bustle and clamor.

The Jews, who believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. Acts xvii. 5.

Horror thus prevailed, And wild uproar. Philips.

v. t. To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs. and rare.]

Had I power, I should . . . Uproar the universal peace. Shak.