Search Result:upheaval
KK Pronunciation
〔 ʌpˋhivL 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ʌpˊhiːvәl 〕
Overview of noun upheaval
The noun upheaval has 4 senses
- turbulence, upheaval, Sturm und Drang -- (a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence")
- convulsion, turmoil, upheaval -- (a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market")
- upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust -- ((geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building))
- agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo -- (disturbance usually in protest)