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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Commotion \Com*mo"tion\, n. [L. commotio: cf. F. commotion. See
     Motion.]
     1. Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [What] commotion in the winds !       --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When ye shall hear of wars and commotions. --Luke
                                                    xxi. 9.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat;
        excitement. ``He could not debate anything without some
        commotion.'' --Clarendon.
  
     Syn: Excitement; agitation; perturbation; disturbance;
          tumult; disorder; violence.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Commotion \Com*mo"tion\, n. [L. commotio: cf. F. commotion. See
     Motion.]
     1. Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.
  
              [What] commotion in the winds !       --Shak.
  
     2. A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot.
  
              When ye shall hear of wars and commotions. --Luke
                                                    xxi. 9.
  
     3. Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat;
        excitement. ``He could not debate anything without some
        commotion.'' --Clarendon.
  
     Syn: Excitement; agitation; perturbation; disturbance;
          tumult; disorder; violence.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  commotion
       n 1: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the
            furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance,
             disruption, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do,
             hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle]
       2: the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: din, ruction,
           ruckus, rumpus, tumult]
       3: confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a
          commotion of people fought for the exits" [syn: whirl]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  commotion
     Γαλλικά n.
     η διάσειση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  commotion
     n.
     1 A state of turbulent motion.
     2 An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  commotion
     n.
     1 A state of turbulent motion.
     2 An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  commotion
     n.
     1 A state of turbulent motion.
     2 An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  commotion
     n.
     1 A state of turbulent motion.
     2 An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  commotion
     Englanti n.
     1 hälinä
     2 häly
     3 vilinä, humu
     4 kiihotus
     5 mellakka
     6 tärähdys

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  commotion
     Engelska n.
     tumult, rabalder

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/
  1. beroering
  2. agitasie
  3. aanstoot, skandaal

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/
  الإضطراب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  commotion //kəˈmoʊ.ʃən// //kəˈməʊ.ʃən// 
  1. вълнение, смут
  agitated disturbance or a hubbub
  2. сумато́ха, турбуле́нция
  state of turbulent motion

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/ 
  rozruch

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/
  nepokoj

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/ 
  zmatek

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/
  Aufruhr , Unruhe  [soc.]
     Synonym: tumult
  
   see: civil commotion
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/
  Erschütterung 
           Note: eines Körperteils, Konkussion , Kommotion  [med.]
           Note: Concussio/Commotio
     Synonym: concussion
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/
  
  αναταραχή, σάλος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  commotion //kəˈmoʊ.ʃən// //kəˈməʊ.ʃən// 
  1. hulina, hälinä, kiehuminen, kiehumistila, kiehunta, melske
  agitated disturbance or a hubbub
  2. kiehuminen, kiehunta, kuohuminen, kuohunta
  state of turbulent motion

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  commotion /kəmouʃən/
  1. agitation
  2. scandale

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/ 
  1. हलचल
        "There is a lot of commotion in temples during navratri festival."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/
  metež, uzbuđenje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/
  1. felkelés
  2. felfordulás
  3. zûrzavar
  4. izgatottság
  5. nyugtalanság

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/
  1. agitazione
  2. scandalo

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  commotion /kəmouʃən/
  scandalum

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  commotion /kəˈməʊʃən/ 
    poruszenie

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  commotion /kəmouʃən/
  1. agitação, alvoroço
  2. excitação doentia
  3. escândalo

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  commotion /kəmouʃən/
  escandálo

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  commotion /kəmˈəʊʃən/
  1. gürültü
  2. karışıklık, ayaklanma.

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  commotion /kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃/ 
  сътресение

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  commotion /kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃/ 
  Gehirnerschütterung

From français-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-fin ]

  commotion /kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃/ 
  tärähdys

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  commotion /kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃/ 
  comoção

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/kəˈmoʊʃən/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  185 Moby Thesaurus words for "commotion":
     Bedlam let loose, ado, agitation, annoyance, bedlam, blast,
     bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, brawl, broil,
     brouhaha, burst, bustle, cacophony, chaos, charivari, chirm, churn,
     clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, coil, communal, confusion,
     conjoint, conjunct, conturbation, convulsion, din, discomposure,
     discord, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, dither,
     donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullience,
     ebullition, eddy, effervescence, embroilment, excitement,
     fanaticism, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness,
     fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter,
     flutteration, flutteriness, foment, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas,
     free-for-all, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, fussiness,
     hassle, hell broke loose, helter-skelter, howl, hubbub,
     hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, hurrah, hurry, hurry-scurry,
     inquietude, insurgence, insurrection, irritation, jangle, jitters,
     joint, jumpiness, lather, loud noise, maelstrom, malaise, melee,
     moil, mutiny, mutual, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, noise,
     noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, passion, pell-mell,
     perturbation, pother, public, racket, rage, rampage, rattle,
     rebellion, restlessness, revolt, rhubarb, riot, roar, roil,
     rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, rout, row, ruckus, ruction, ruffle,
     rumble, rumpus, scramble, seethe, seething, shared, shindig,
     shindy, shivaree, spasm, spurt, stew, stir, storm, storminess,
     strain, sweat, swirl, swirling, tempestuousness, tension, thunder,
     thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble,
     tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbidity, turbulence,
     turmoil, twitter, unease, unquiet, unrest, upheaval, uprising,
     uproar, upset, upturn, vexation, vortex, whirl, wildness,
     yeastiness, zeal, zealousness
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 骚动,暴乱;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 骚动,暴乱

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