Hubbub

Noun

 * 1) A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.
 * 2) * Milton
 * At length a universal hubbub wild
 * Of stunning sounds and voices all confused,
 * Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear
 * With loudest vehemence.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:commotion

Adjectives for Hubbub
chaotic; universal; confused; inarticulate.

Thesaurus
Bedlam let loose, ado, agitation, apologetics, apologia, apology, argument, argumentation, babel, bedlam, bicker, bickering, blast, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, brawl, broil, brouhaha, burst, bustle, cacophony, casuistry, chaos, charivari, chirm, churn, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, contention, controversy, conturbation, defense, din, discomposure, discord, disorder, disputation, dispute, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullition, embroilment, excitement, fanaticism, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness, flyting, foment, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, free-for-all, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, fussiness, gaff, hassle, hell broke loose, helter-skelter, howl, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, inquietude, jangle, jitters, jumpiness, litigation, logomachy, loud noise, maelstrom, malaise, melee, moil, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, noise, noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, paper war, passage of arms, passion, pell-mell, perturbation, polemic, polemics, pother, racket, rage, rampage, rattle, restlessness, rhubarb, riot, roar, roil, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, rout, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, scramble, seethe, seething, set-to, shindy, shivaree, spasm, spurt, stew, stir, storminess, sweat, swirl, tempestuousness, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unquiet, unrest, uproar, upset, verbal engagement, vociferation, vortex, war of words, whirl, wildness, wrangling, zeal, zealousness

Alternative forms

 * whobub

Etymology
Perhaps from Irish; compare Irish ababú! (a battle-cry), Gaelic ub! ub! (expressing contempt, etc.), ubh ubh! (expressing disgust).

Translations

 * Arabic: جلبة, صخب,  ضوضاء,  ضجة,  ضجيج
 * Catalan: gatzara, aldarull, cridòria, rebombori, brogit, avalot
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 喧哗,  吵鬧,  吵闹,  塵囂,  尘嚣
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 喧々囂々, 猥雑,  騒ぎ
 * Kurdish:
 * Russian: переполох, гам