commotion
/kəˈməʊ.ʃən/noun
Noisy, confused movement or disturbance.
Example sentence
- “A commotion broke out in the market when a stall collapsed.”
Usually singular with 'a': a commotion broke out. 'Cause a commotion' is the standard pairing.
Related words
commuteThe trip a person makes regularly between home and their workplace.commendFriendly greetings or expressions of goodwill, used in the plural.companionA person or animal that spends time with you or travels alongside you; a friend or partner.commenceTo start or get underway.companyA business organization that the law treats as its own person, able to hold property and take part in lawsuits under its own name.commemorateTo keep alive the memory of a person or event, usually through a ceremony or monument.