Associations to the word «Upheaval»
Noun
- Casimir
- Matthias
- Magnate
- Turmoil
- Unrest
- Revolution
- Social
- Reformation
- Crust
- Strife
- Instability
- Crise
- Stratum
- Famine
- Epoch
- Industrialization
- Chaos
- Continuity
- Overthrow
- Period
- Religious
- Atlantis
- Rebellion
- Mutiny
- Breakup
- Uprising
- Monarchy
- Midst
- Bolshevik
- Revolt
- Migration
- Economic
- Collapse
- Repression
- Twentieth
- Fissure
- Crisis
- Intellectual
- Disturbance
- Emergence
- Backdrop
- Catastrophe
- Refugee
- Extinction
- Adolescence
- Aristocracy
- Hegemony
- Mao
- Aftermath
- Zulu
Adjective
- Geologic
- Tectonic
- Napoleonic
- Volcanic
- Political
- Tremendous
- Societal
- Catastrophic
- Revolutionary
- Geological
- Seismic
- Social
- Emotional
- Climatic
- Violent
- Apocalyptic
- Turbulent
- Dynastic
- Gradual
- Consequent
- Massive
- Unprecedented
- Economic
- Ideological
- Radical
- Nationalist
- Experienced
- Gravitational
- Witnessed
- Religious
- Eighteenth
- Nineteenth
- Communist
- Cultural
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
UPHEAVAL, noun. The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.
UPHEAVAL, noun. A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion.
Dictionary definition
UPHEAVAL, noun. A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence".
UPHEAVAL, noun. A violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market".
UPHEAVAL, noun. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building).
UPHEAVAL, noun. Disturbance usually in protest.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.