upheaval 音标拼音: [əph'ivəl]
n . 举起,隆起,大变动,剧变
举起,隆起,大变动,剧变
upheaval n 1 :
a state of violent disturbance and disorder (
as in politics or social conditions generally ); "
the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence " [
synonym : {
turbulence },
{
upheaval }, {
Sturm und Drang }]
2 :
a violent disturbance ; "
the convulsions of the stock market "
[
synonym : {
convulsion }, {
turmoil }, {
upheaval }]
3 : (
geology )
a rise of land to a higher elevation (
as in the process of mountain building ) [
synonym : {
upheaval }, {
uplift },
{
upthrow }, {
upthrust }]
4 :
disturbance usually in protest [
synonym : {
agitation },
{
excitement }, {
turmoil }, {
upheaval }, {
hullabaloo }]
Upheaval \
Up *
heav "
al \,
n .
The act of upheaving ,
or the state of being upheaved ;
esp .,
an elevation of a portion of the earth '
s crust . --
Lubbock .
[
1913 Webster ]
142 Moby Thesaurus words for "
upheaval ":
about -
face ,
accommodation ,
adaptation ,
adjustment ,
alteration ,
amelioration ,
apoplexy ,
apostasy ,
apotheosis ,
ascent ,
assumption ,
beatification ,
betterment ,
blaze ,
bouleversement ,
break ,
breakup ,
burst ,
canonization ,
cataclysm ,
catastrophe ,
change ,
change of heart ,
changeableness ,
chaos ,
clamor ,
climax ,
commotion ,
confusion ,
constructive change ,
continuity ,
conversion ,
convulsion ,
cyclone ,
defection ,
degeneration ,
degenerative change ,
deification ,
deterioration ,
deviation ,
diastrophism ,
difference ,
disaster ,
discontinuity ,
disorder ,
disruption ,
disturbance ,
divergence ,
diversification ,
diversion ,
diversity ,
downfall ,
elevation ,
enshrinement ,
erection ,
eruption ,
escalation ,
exaltation ,
explosion ,
fall ,
ferment ,
fit ,
fitting ,
flare -
up ,
flip -
flop ,
furor ,
furore ,
gale ,
gradual change ,
gust ,
heaving ,
height ,
hurricane ,
improvement ,
irruption ,
lifting ,
melioration ,
mitigation ,
modification ,
modulation ,
outbreak ,
outburst ,
outcry ,
overthrow ,
overturn ,
paroxysm ,
prostration ,
quake ,
qualification ,
radical change ,
raising ,
re -
creation ,
realignment ,
rearing ,
redesign ,
reform ,
reformation ,
remaking ,
renewal ,
reshaping ,
restructuring ,
reversal ,
revival ,
revivification ,
revolution ,
sabotage ,
seizure ,
shift ,
spasm ,
stirring ,
storm ,
stroke ,
subversion ,
sudden change ,
sursum corda ,
switch ,
temblor ,
tempest ,
tidal wave ,
tornado ,
total change ,
transition ,
tsunami ,
tumult ,
turn ,
turnabout ,
unrest ,
upbuoying ,
upcast ,
uplift ,
uplifting ,
upping ,
uprearing ,
upset ,
upthrow ,
upthrust ,
upturn ,
variation ,
variety ,
violent change ,
whirlwind ,
worsening
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