BROUHAHA Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

brouhaha

noun

Definition of brouhaha

as in commotion

informal + usually disapproving great excitement or concern about something A brouhaha erupted over her statements about the president.

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Recent Examples of brouhaha And don’t forget the brouhaha over train fare. — Sean Gregory, Time, 27 May 2026 Manson’s butt-end brouhaha did wind up hitting him in the business end of his checking account. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 12 May 2026 Even as Nike came in for criticism in Boston and beyond, some dismissed the brouhaha as silly, given how exclusive the race is. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2026 This is aptly illustrated by the recent brouhaha regarding the Anthropic Claude Mythos AI that hasn’t yet been released. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brouhaha

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Noun

In video her family shared on Instagram, several police officers can be seen running toward the commotion while parents clutch their children.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 28 July 2026
Instead, the commotion was gunfire coming from his next door neighbor’s driveway on Zavala Road.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026

Definition of commotion

Noun

The Oscars smooch caused a stir in the media, but Haven later denied that there was anything untoward at play.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026
The news has caused a stir on the island, where Cubans have been paying for medicines on the black market for years after the government reduced the production and import of medicines amid the economic crisis.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of stir

Noun

Cusk, best known for her trilogy of largely plotless novels, has gotten embroiled in a tabloid tempest involving a Hollywood icon precisely because of her new book's plot.

— Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
But the tempest over his future is pushing the rest of the Republican Party to a breaking point.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of tempest

Noun

But there was no soul, no driving power behind his voice, nothing that could bring me even to contemplate a fit of frenzy.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2026
Rather than revisiting the evidence against Kohberger, #CyberSleuths examines the digital frenzy surrounding the case.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Definition of frenzy

Noun

Friday will be more active with more widespread coverage of showers and storms.

— Katie Houlis, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
The Storm Prediction Center, part of the National Weather Service, has placed central and eastern Missouri at a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) of severe storms.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

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