Definitions For Upheaval

noun

  • Disturbance usually in protest
  • (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
  • A violent disturbance
  • A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
  • A major change or period of change that causes a lot of conflict, confusion, anger, etc.
  • An occurrence in which a part of the Earth's surface moves up forcefully

Is Upheaval a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
19

The word Upheaval is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Upheaval in a Sentence

  • The civil rights movement marked a period of social upheaval in the U.S.
  • The emotional upheaval of divorce
  • A period of cultural and social upheavals

Synonyms for Upheaval

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