Commotion

n.	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.

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

Bedlam let loose, ado, agitation, annoyance, bedlam, blast, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, brawl, broil, brouhaha, burst, bustle, cacophony, charivari, chirm, churn, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, coil, communal, conjoint, conjunct, conturbation, convulsion, din, discomposure, discord, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, dither, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, embroilment, excitement, fanaticism, feery-fary, 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, storm, storminess, strain, sweat, swirl, swirling, tempestuousness, tension, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unquiet, unrest, upheaval, uprising, uproar, upset, upturn, vexation, vortex, whirl, wildness, yeastiness, zeal, zealousness

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