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uproar
noun as in commotion, pandemonium
Example Sentences
That post caused an understandable uproar among Illinois officials and general believers in the sovereignty of states and cities.
Online uproar can disrupt a campaign or nudge quarterly sales, but it rarely touches the deeper structures: labor practices, environmental policy, tax avoidance or the hollowing-out of local economies.
The comments caused an uproar at the time.
The leak caused a political uproar in Thailand, prompting the constitutional court to suspend her, and badly weakening the government just as the border crisis escalated.
Bracke, the prosecutor, said she was surprised that there was so little uproar surrounding the case.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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