Definitions for upheavalʌpˈhi vəl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
up•heav•alʌpˈhi vəl(n.)
strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society.
an act of upheaving, esp. of a part of the earth's crust.
Category: Geology
the state of being upheaved.
Origin of upheaval:
1830–40
Princeton's WordNet
turbulence, upheaval, Sturm und Drang(noun)
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(noun)
a violent disturbance
"the convulsions of the stock market"
upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust(noun)
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo(noun)
disturbance usually in protest
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
upheaval(noun)ʌpˈhi vəl
a situation in which there is a lot of difficult change
the social and political upheaval in the 1960s; the family's emotional upheavals
Wiktionary
upheaval(Noun)
the process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust
upheaval(Noun)
a sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion
Webster Dictionary
Upheaval(noun)
the act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust
Translations for upheaval
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- versteuringAfrikaans
- إنْقِلاب فُجائيArabic
- разместванеBulgarian
- transtornoPortuguese (BR)
- pozdviženíCzech
- die UmwälzungGerman
- omvæltningDanish
- αναστάτωση, μεγάλη αλλαγήGreek
- trastornoSpanish
- murrang, segadusEstonian
- دگرگونی شدیدFarsi
- mullistusFinnish
- bouleversementFrench
- תַהפּוּכָהHebrew
- कायापलटHindi
- potres, prevratCroatian
- felfordulásHungarian
- kekalutamIndonesian
- umbrot, umrótIcelandic
- scombussolamentoItalian
- 大変動Japanese
- 대변동, 격변Korean
- suirutė, perversmasLithuanian
- apvērsums; jukasLatvian
- pergolakanMalay
- opschuddingDutch
- omkalfatring, omveltningNorwegian
- wstrząsPolish
- دگرگونی شدیدPersian
- پړسوب، پورته كيدنه، ډډوالى (دمځكې)، اوښتنه، نسكوريدنه، انقلاب، بدلونPashto
- transtornoPortuguese
- bulversareRomanian
- переворотRussian
- rozruch, znepokojenieSlovak
- pretresSlovenian
- prevratSerbian
- omvälvningSwedish
- การเปลี่ยนแปลงที่ทำให้เกิดปัญหาThai
- karışıklık, kargaşaTurkish
- 動亂, 巨變, 大變動Chinese (Trad.)
- зрушення; переворотUkrainian
- اتھل پتھلUrdu
- chuyển biếnVietnamese
- 动乱，巨变，大变动Chinese (Simp.)
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