-v. 6. erect, rear, uprear, raise, upraise, raise or pitch or lift up, uplift, elevate, pitch, set up; raise or rear or heave aloft, upheave; stand up, stand on end, upend; set on one's feet or legs.
uprise, v. 1. get up, arise, rise, get to one's feet, scramble up, leap up, jump up, spring up, bolt up; awaken, waken, wake up, get out of bed, Inf. rise and shine, Sl. up and at 'em; greet the day, Inf roll out, Inf. turn out, Sl. hit the deck.
2. rise up, revolt, rebel, insurrectionize, upheave, overthrow, mutiny, subvert; resist, take up arms, defy, break forth; wage war, strike, take the law into one's hands, mount the barricades; disobey, fly in the face of, refuse, kick over the traces.
3. ascend, mount, climb, move upward; go uphill, slope upward, slant upward, grade, tip.
uprising, n. 1. rebellion, revolt, insurrection, in-surgence, insurgency, revolution, outbreak, rising; mutiny; sedition, subversion, treason; riot, anarchy, civil disorder, mob law, street-fighting, fighting in the streets, turmoil, chaos, confusion, upheaval; peasant revolt, jacquerie; putsch, coup d'dtat, overthrow, takeover.
2. incline, slope, acclivity, ascent, climb, rise; upgrade, upslope, uphill, uplift, upclimb, uprise; ramp, gradient, bank, hill
uproar, n. clamor, brouhaha, hoo-ha, hubbub, hullabaloo, din, racket, clatter, outburst, Inf. blowup; commotion, Sl. hoopla, hurly-burly, pother, row, Inf to-do, disturbance, disruption, public sensation; turmoil, tumult, broil, brawl, affray, struggle, conflict; pandemonium, bedlam, free-for-all, fracas, rumpus, scramble, scuffle, Inf. ruckus; turbulence, disorder, agitation, furor, frenzy, stir, ado, fuss, tempest in a teapot.
uproarious, adj. 1. tumultuous, turbulent, pande-monian, pandemonic, riotous; disorderly, confused, excited, frenzied, rampageous, tempestuous, wild; noisy, rackety, clamorous, clamoring, boisterous, obstreperous, blustery, resounding, deafening, ear-splitting; loud-mouthed, vociferous, roaring, bellowing.
2. very funny, screamingly funny, hysterical, hilarious, a laugh riot, a riot, sidesplitting, Inf. killing, Inf. too much, Inf. too much for words, Inf. too funny for words.
uproot, v. 1. extirpate, unroot, pull out by the roots, pull up, pluck up, root out, outroot, deracinate; pull out, draw out, tear out, take out, extract; excise, cut, cut out; unearth, excavate, dig up or out, grub up or out, weed out.
2. destroy, eradicate, annihilate, obliterate; wipe out, eliminate, stamp out, snuff out, crush out; devastate, demolish, ravage, ruin, Dial, ruinate, raze.
upset, v. 1. overturn, turn over, overset, throw over, push over, knock over or down; upend, tip over, capsize, keel or keel over, turn topsy-turvy, turn upside down, invert, reverse; topple, tumble, precipitate, Inf. spill.
2. perturb, disquiet, discompose, discountenance, agitate, ruffle, fluster, flutter, flurry, distract, unsettle, put out; unnerve, unman, disconcert, Inf. faze, daunt, dismay, Inf. throw bff balance; shock, jolt, jar, rattle, pull one up short; trouble, worry, scare, frighten, Inf. shake up, unhinge, traumatize, Inf. give [s.o.] fits, freak out, alarm, stun; anger, infuriate; sadden, grieve, bring to tears, make [s.o.] cry.
3. put out of order, mess up, dishevel, turn topsyturvy; scatter, strew about, litter; disarrange, jumble, muddle, mix up, shuffle, confuse, disorganize; spoil, Sl. gum up the works, Inf. discombobulate, Inf. rock the boat, Inf. make waves.
