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单词 alarums and excursions
释义

alarums and excursions

plural noun

1
: martial sounds and the movement of soldiers across the stage
used as a stage direction in Elizabethan drama
2
: clamor, excitement, and feverish or disordered activity

Synonyms

  • ado
  • ballyhoo
  • blather
  • bluster
  • bobbery
  • bother
  • bustle
  • clatter
  • clutter [chiefly dialect]
  • coil
  • commotion
  • corroboree [Australian]
  • disturbance
  • do [chiefly dialect]
  • foofaraw
  • fun
  • furor
  • furore
  • fuss
  • helter-skelter
  • hoo-ha
  • hoo-hah
  • hoopla
  • hubble-bubble
  • hubbub
  • hullabaloo
  • hurly
  • hurly-burly
  • hurricane
  • hurry
  • hurry-scurry
  • hurry-skurry
  • kerfuffle [chiefly British]
  • moil
  • pandemonium
  • pother
  • row
  • ruckus
  • ruction
  • rumpus
  • shindy
  • splore [Scottish]
  • squall
  • stew
  • stir
  • storm
  • to-do
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • uproar
  • welter
  • whirl
  • williwaw
  • zoo
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Word History

First Known Use

1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1

alarums and excursions

plural noun

as in commotion
a state of noisy, confused activity the city is preparing for the alarums and excursions that inevitably accompany a presidential visit

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • commotion
  • stir
  • hurry
  • disturbance
  • turmoil
  • fuss
  • bobbery
  • noise
  • row
  • racket
  • fun
  • splore
  • storm
  • hurricane
  • clatter
  • clutter
  • hurry-skurry
  • coil
  • zoo
  • hoopla
  • bother
  • bustle
  • pandemonium
  • blather
  • hubbub
  • hullabaloo
  • tumult
  • ruction
  • ado
  • ruckus
  • roar
  • hurly
  • moil
  • ballyhoo
  • stew
  • kerfuffle
  • hurry-scurry
  • corroboree
  • do
  • bluster
  • hue and cry
  • rumpus
  • furore
  • hubble-bubble
  • furor
  • uproar
  • williwaw
  • welter
  • hoo-hah
  • shindy
  • squall
  • foofaraw
  • to-do
  • hurly-burly
  • whirl
  • flurry
  • upheaval
  • pother
  • hoo-ha
  • helter-skelter
  • howl
  • clamor
  • outcry
  • din
  • cacophony
  • disorder
  • eruption
  • unrest
  • outbreak
  • brawl
  • flutter
  • scuffle
  • melee
  • outburst
  • fray
  • fracas
  • fever
  • fret
  • lather
  • tizzy
  • mêlée
  • dither
  • flare-up
  • hassle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rest
  • quiet
  • order
  • peace
  • calm
  • tranquility
  • stillness
  • hush
  • tranquillity
  • quietude
  • orderliness
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