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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

... one of your cigars, and listen to Morton saying fine and wild things, 'startling the dull ear of night' with paradoxes that perhaps are truisms in the world where spirits exist independent of matter. You two men have made great commotion in my mind, and left your marks upon it, I can tell you: more than most of the books I read. What is Alfred about, and where is he? Present my homage to him. Don't you rather rejoice in the pickle the King of the French finds himself in? I don't know why, but I have a sneaking dislike of the ...

— Letters of Edward FitzGerald - in two volumes, Vol. 1 • Edward FitzGerald

... faded from the sky and lustreless blue changed to leaden gray a commotion was visible on the ship's deck, and they made out a group of officers clad in white duck, gathered near the rail. They had field-glasses in their hands and were attentively examining ...

— Flappers and Philosophers • F. Scott Fitzgerald

... cabin, assisted by two gentlemen, and from the lower deck saw the sublime commotion over the bulwarks, when the ship rolled over on the side where I was sitting. The sea broke over our vessel repeatedly; it went over the top of the smoke pipe, and struck the fore-topsail in the middle but did, not hurt either of them. The fourth officer was washed out of his berth ...

— Travellers' Tales • Eliza Lee Follen

... to be making very respectable progress. The wind was fresh, and the sea only moderate. The little waves beat over the bows, and there was quite a commotion astern. Tom thought he was doing very well, and heading as near as possible towards the Petitcodiac. Besides, in his excitement at being thus saved from mere blind drifting, he did not much care where he went, for he felt assured that he was now on the ...

— Lost in the Fog • James De Mille

... know, whether the constituency of Eatanswill were the grand fellows they had always taken them for, or base and servile tools, undeserving alike of the name of Englishmen and the blessings of freedom. Never had such a commotion agitated the town before. ...

— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens

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