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uproared

uproared is the simple past and past participle of uproar.

Meaning of uproar

Verb

uproar (third-person singular simple present uproars, present participle uproaring, simple past and past participle uproared)

  1. (transitive) To throw into uproar or confusion.
    • […] had I power, I should
      Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell,
      Uproar the universal peace, confound
      All unity on earth.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (intransitive) To make an uproar.
    • […] through their Tumultuous Uproaring have they caused the peaceable and harmless to suffer […]1661, William Caton, The Abridgment of Eusebius Pamphilius’s Ecclesiastical History, London: Francis Holden, published 1698, Part II, page 110, note

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Questions about uproared

What is uproared the simple past and past participle of?
Uproared is the simple past and past participle of uproar.

Words near uproared in the dictionary

  1. uprisings
  2. uprist
  3. uprists
  4. upriver
  5. uproar
  6. uproared
  7. uproaring
  8. uproaringly
  9. uproarious
  10. uproariously
  11. uproariousness

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