upheaval

English

Etymology

From upheave +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌpˈhi.vəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: up‧heav‧al

Noun

upheaval (countable and uncountable, plural upheavals)

1. Disruptive change, from one state to another.
   • 2023 March 8, “Network News: Carstairs shut for main line upgrade”, in RAIL, number 978, page 11:

     Scotland's bottleneck junction between the West and East Coast main lines at Carstairs will be the site of major upheaval until the end of May, while £164 million worth of improvements are carried out.

2. The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.
3. A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion.
   • 2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC‎:

     Since that upheaval Wales have won just once in seven games, beating Northern Ireland in the Nations Cup last May.

Synonyms

• seismic shift

Derived terms

• axis of upheaval

Translations

process of being heaved upward, especially of the earth's crust

Chinese: Mandarin: 隆起 (zh) m (lóngqǐ) Finnish: maanpinnan kohoaminen French: soulèvement (fr) m, surrection (fr) f Georgian: ძვრა (ʒvra), დაძვრა (daʒvra), მიწის ფენების გადანაცვლება (mic̣is penebis gadanacvleba) German: Erhebung (de) f, Aufwölbung f Italian: sollevamento (it) m Maori: tairangatanga Russian: подъём (ru) m (podʺjóm), подня́тие (ru) n (podnjátije), смеще́ние (ru) n (smeščénije), сдвиг (ru) m (sdvig) Spanish: surgimiento m Swedish: please add this translation if you can Turkish: kabarma (tr), yükselme (tr) Ukrainian: зміщення n (zmiščennja), зрушення n (zrušennja)

sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion

Arabic: اِضْطِرَاب m (iḍṭirāb) Bulgarian: катаклизъм (bg) m (kataklizǎm) Catalan: trastorn (ca) m, daltabaix (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 動亂 / 动乱 (zh) (dòngluàn), 動盪 / 动荡 (zh) (dòngdàng) Czech: pozdvižení n, otřes m, zvrat (cs) m, převrat m, rozvrat m Esperanto: tumulto (eo), konvulsio Finnish: mullistus (fi), kumous (fi) French: bouleversement (fr) m Georgian: არეულობა (areuloba), არეულ-დარეულობა (areul-dareuloba), ძვრა (ʒvra), სიღრმისეული ცვლილება (siɣrmiseuli cvlileba), სიღრმისეული გარდაქმნა (siɣrmiseuli gardakmna), ძირეული ცვლილება (ʒireuli cvlileba) German: Umbruch (de) m, Aufruhr (de) m Greek: χαμός (el) m (chamós), της τρελής (tis trelís) Maori: akaaka Polish: wstrząs (pl) m, afera (pl) f Russian: беспоря́дки (ru) m pl (besporjádki), бунт (ru) m (bunt), переворо́т (ru) m (perevorót), возмуще́ние (ru) n (vozmuščénije) Spanish: convulsión (es) f Swedish: omstörtning (sv) c, omvälvning (sv) c, kaos (sv) n Turkish: ani değişiklik (tr), inkılap (tr) Ukrainian: заворушення pl n (zavorušennja), переворот m (perevorot), потрясі́ння n (potrjasínnja)