Definition of Upheaval in English :

Define Upheaval in English

Upheaval meaning in English

Meaning of Upheaval in English

Pronunciation of Upheaval in English

Upheaval pronunciation in English

Pronounce Upheaval in English

Upheaval

see synonyms of upheaval

Noun

1. sturm und drang, turbulence, upheaval

a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

Example Sentences:
'the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence'

2. convulsion, turmoil, upheaval

a violent disturbance

Example Sentences:
'the convulsions of the stock market'

3. upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust

(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

4. agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval

disturbance usually in protest

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Upheaval

see synonyms of upheaval
noun
1. 
a strong, sudden, or violent disturbance, as in politics, social conditions, etc
2. geology another word for uplift (sense 7)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers


Upheaval

see synonyms of upheaval
noun
1. 
a heaving up, as of part of the earth's crust by an earthquake
2. 
a sudden, violent change

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Upheaval

see synonyms of upheaval
n.
1.
a. The process of being heaved upward.
b. An instance of being so heaved.
2. A sudden, violent disruption or upset: "the psychic upheaval caused by war" (Wallace Fowlie).
3. Geology A raising of a part of the earth's crust.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.