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Definitions for Uprising

[1] an insurrection or revolt.
[2] an act of rising up.
[3] an ascent or acclivity.
[4] to rise up; get up, as from a lying or sitting posture.
[5] to rise into view: As we approached the city, the spires of tall buildings uprose as if to greet us.
[6] to rise in revolt.
[7] to come into existence or prominence: Many calamities uprose to plague the people during the war.
[8] to move upward; mount up; ascend.
[9] to come above the horizon.
[10] to slope upward: The land uprises from the river to the hills.
[11] to swell or grow, as a sound: A blare of trumpets uprose to salute the king.
[12] an act of rising up.
[13] a revolt or rebellion
[14] archaic an ascent
[15] (tr) to rise up
[16] another word for rise (def. 24), rise (def. 25), rise (def. 26)

Words related to Uprising

revolution, upheaval, riot, revolt, rebellion, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, insurgence

Words nearby Uprising

uprate, uprear, upright, upright piano, uprise, uprising, upriver, uproar, uproarious, uproot, uprose

Origin of Uprising

eFirst recorded in 1250–1300, uprise is from the Middle English word uprisen. See up-, rise

Other words from Uprising

up·ris·er , noun

Synonyms for Uprising

insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, upheaval, insurgence