| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace: agitation, commotion, disorder, disturbance, helter-skelter, stir1, tumult, turbulence, turmoil. Informal : flap, to-do. See CALM, ORDER. 2. Sounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable: babel, clamor, din, hubbub, hullabaloo, noise, pandemonium, racket, rumpus, tumult. See SOUNDS. 3. A condition of intense public interest or excitement: brouhaha, sensation, stir1. Informal : to-do. Slang : hoo-hah. See EXCITE. 4. Offensively loud and insistent utterances, especially of disapproval: clamor, hullabaloo, outcry, rumpus, vociferation. Idioms: hue and cry. See LIKE, SOUNDS.
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