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/kəmˈoʊʃən/ Listen

noun

Commotion n.

Disturbed or violent motion; agitation. "(What) commotion in the winds!"

A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot. "When ye shall hear of wars and commotions."

Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat; excitement. "He could not debate anything without some commotion."

Synonyms: Excitement; agitation; perturbation; disturbance; tumult; disorder; violence.

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Etymology of 'Commotion'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Commotion" Quotes from Famous Books

... especially as Kiddle told us he had known of several boats' crews having been cut off by the natives in those seas. What was to be our fate we could not tell; it was not likely to be a pleasant one, at all events. One day the whole village appeared to be in commotion; loud shouts were heard, and presently the door of our hull was thrown open, and several men entered, who dragged us out into the midst of a large crowd collected in the open space in front of it. Among them was the old chief ...

— Ben Burton - Born and Bred at Sea • W. H. G. Kingston

... up the pause, "have hitherto lived in the world—right in it. There is a lot of dust and commotion; the dust gets into people's eyes and blinds them; the commotion wears them out; and perhaps, after all, ...

— With Edged Tools • Henry Seton Merriman

... simply to do what we ought, is an altogether higher, diviner, more potent, more creative thing, than to write the grandest poem, paint the most beautiful picture, carve the mightiest statue, build the most worshiping temple, dream out the most enchanting commotion of melody and harmony. If Godfrey could have seen the soul of the maiden into whose face his discourtesy called the hot blood, he would have beheld there simply what God made the earth for; as it was, he saw a shop-girl, to whom in happier circumstances he had shown kindness, in whom he ...

— Mary Marston • George MacDonald

... first they flattered, they might bring about the changes they had in view. To them it was indifferent whether these changes were to be accomplished by the thunderbolt of despotism, or by the earthquake of popular commotion. The correspondence between this cabal and the late king of Prussia, will throw no small light upon the spirit of all their proceedings. For the same purpose for which they intrigued with princes, they ...

— Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke. • Edmund Burke

... he bolted out to the kitchen, out of the kitchen into the hall, through the hall into the room, and so into the kitchen and round again. With each circuit he went faster and faster, until he looked like a brindled streak with a dash of black and white on top. Such a racket and commotion I never heard, and I laughed until the tears came into my eyes. Mr. Riley flew around and around, and William Adolphus held on grimly and clawed. Alexander Abraham turned ...

— Chronicles of Avonlea • Lucy Maud Montgomery

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