commotionnoun [ S or U ]
uk/kəˈməʊ.ʃən/us/kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/a sudden, short period of noise, confusion, or excited movement:
His arrival caused quite a commotion.
He looked up to see what all the commotion was about.
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Noise & noisy
- (at) full blast idiom
- abuzz
- blast
- boom
- brouhaha
- cacophony
- clamorous
- clangour
- disturb
- ear-piercing
- howling
- loud
- noise pollution
- penetrating
- racket
- ring
- roaring
- row 1
- strident
- tumult
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