Dictionary Entry
upheaval
upheaval is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.
- 2noun
disturbance usually in protest
- 3noun
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
- 4noun
a violent disturbance
"the convulsions of the stock market"
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- 5noun
a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
"the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
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