Synonyms for hubbub
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : huhb-uhb |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌb ʌb |
Top 10 synonyms for hubbub Other synonyms for the word hubbub
Définition of hubbub
Origin :- 1550s, whobub "confused noise," generally believed to be of Irish origin, perhaps from Gaelic ub!, expression of aversion or contempt, or Old Irish battle cry abu, from buide "victory."
- noun commotion, disorder
- All this hubbub excited the attention of Boxtel, who was just taking his meal by his fireside.
- Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- All this hubbub came from a white house about five hundred yards away.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- People turned to see what was the matter, and again did the hubbub increase.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- But, directly we got into the street we were known, and this hubbub began.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- It was cool and quiet out there after the heat and hubbub of the drawing-room.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Some fell to patronizing him, some to advising him, and some to sneering at the hubbub he was making.
- Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
- Great was the hubbub, but the door was fast, and a compromise had to be arrived at.
- Extract from : « Auld Licht Idylls » by J. M. Barrie
- The scene of scampering and hubbub that ensued baffles all description.
- Extract from : « The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. » by Washington Irving
- All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet school-room.
- Extract from : « The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. » by Washington Irving
- There was riot, wrangling, hubbub and cursing, till the hour of evening prayer.
- Extract from : « General Gordon » by J. Wardle
Antonyms for hubbub
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