Upheaval — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

a violent disturbance

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʌphˈiːvəl/

🇬🇧British English

/ʌphˈiːvəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʌphˈiːvəl/

3 syllables Say it as /ʌphˈiːvəl/.

Examples

the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence
the convulsions of the stock market

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

turbulence hullabaloo turmoil convulsion upthrust upthrow uplift Sturm und Drang excitement agitation

Parts of Speech

noun	a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) “the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence”
noun	a violent disturbance “the convulsions of the stock market”
noun	(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
noun	disturbance usually in protest

Word Forms

turbulent	adjective	characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
upheave	verb	lift forcefully from beneath
uplift	verb	lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Umbruch

ein Zustand gewaltsamer Unruhe und Unordnung (wie in der Politik oder in sozialen Verhältnissen im Allgemeinen)

🇫🇷French

bouleversement

un état de perturbation et de désordre violents (comme dans la politique ou les conditions sociales en général)

🇪🇸Spanish

convulsión

un estado de perturbación violenta y desorden (como en la política o las condiciones sociales en general)

🇮🇹Italian

sconvolgimento

uno stato di violento disturbo e disordine (come nella politica o nelle condizioni sociali in generale)

🇳🇱Dutch

onrust

een staat van gewelddadige verstoring en wanorde (zoals in de politiek of sociale omstandigheden in het algemeen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

revolta

um estado de violenta perturbação e desordem (como na política ou nas condições sociais em geral)

🇷🇺Russian

переворот

состояние сильного волнения и беспорядка (как в политике или социальных условиях в целом)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उथल-पुथल

हिंसक अशांति और अव्यवस्था की स्थिति (जैसा कि आम तौर पर राजनीति या सामाजिक परिस्थितियों में होता है)

🇧🇩Bengali

উত্থান

হিংসাত্মক বিশৃঙ্খলা এবং বিশৃঙ্খলার অবস্থা (সাধারণত রাজনীতি বা সামাজিক অবস্থার মতো)

🇮🇳Tamil

எழுச்சி

வன்முறை இடையூறு மற்றும் சீர்குலைவு நிலை (பொதுவாக அரசியல் அல்லது சமூக நிலைமைகளைப் போல)

🇮🇳Telugu

తిరుగుబాటు

హింసాత్మక భంగం మరియు రుగ్మత (రాజకీయాలు లేదా సామాజిక పరిస్థితులలో సాధారణంగా)

🇮🇳Marathi

उलथापालथ

हिंसक अशांतता आणि अव्यवस्थाची स्थिती (सामान्यत: राजकारण किंवा सामाजिक परिस्थितीत)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉથલપાથલ

હિંસક વિક્ષેપ અને અવ્યવસ્થાની સ્થિતિ (સામાન્ય રીતે રાજકારણ અથવા સામાજિક પરિસ્થિતિઓમાં)

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಂಗೆ

ಹಿಂಸಾತ್ಮಕ ಅಡಚಣೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅಸ್ವಸ್ಥತೆಯ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ (ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಅಥವಾ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രക്ഷോഭം

അക്രമാസക്തമായ അസ്വസ്ഥതയുടെയും ക്രമക്കേടിൻ്റെയും അവസ്ഥ (രാഷ്ട്രീയത്തിലോ സാമൂഹിക സാഹചര്യങ്ങളിലോ പൊതുവെ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਥਲ-ਪੁਥਲ

ਹਿੰਸਕ ਗੜਬੜ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਗਾੜ ਦੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ (ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਰਾਜਨੀਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਸਥਿਤੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ)

🇵🇰Urdu

ہلچل

پرتشدد انتشار اور انتشار کی حالت (جیسا کہ سیاست یا سماجی حالات میں عام طور پر)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

动荡

暴力骚乱和混乱的状态（如一般的政治或社会状况）

🇯🇵Japanese

激動

暴力的な騒乱や無秩序の状態（政治や社会情勢全般に見られるような）

🇰🇷Korean

대변동

폭력적인 교란과 무질서의 상태(일반적인 정치나 사회적 상황에서와 마찬가지로)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự biến động

một tình trạng rối loạn và rối loạn bạo lực (như trong chính trị hoặc điều kiện xã hội nói chung)

🇹🇭Thai

กลียุค

สถานะของความวุ่นวายและความไม่เป็นระเบียบอย่างรุนแรง (เช่นในทางการเมืองหรือสภาพสังคมโดยทั่วไป)

🇮🇩Indonesian

pergolakan

keadaan gangguan dan kekacauan yang disertai kekerasan (seperti dalam politik atau kondisi sosial pada umumnya)

🇵🇭Filipino

kaguluhan

isang estado ng marahas na kaguluhan at kaguluhan (tulad ng sa pulitika o panlipunang mga kondisyon sa pangkalahatan)

🇲🇾Malay

pergolakan

keadaan gangguan dan kekacauan yang ganas (seperti dalam politik atau keadaan sosial umumnya)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ثورة

حالة من الاضطراب والاضطراب العنيف (كما هو الحال في السياسة أو الظروف الاجتماعية عمومًا)

🇮🇷Persian

آشوب

حالت آشفتگی و بی نظمی خشونت آمیز (مانند شرایط سیاسی یا اجتماعی به طور کلی)

🇹🇷Turkish

ayaklanma

şiddetli bir rahatsızlık ve düzensizlik durumu (genel olarak politikada veya sosyal koşullarda olduğu gibi)

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַהְפָּך

מצב של הפרעות אלימות ואי סדר (כמו בפוליטיקה או בתנאים חברתיים בדרך כלל)

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