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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)