uprise
Plural: uprises
Verb
Verb Forms: uprose, uprisen, uprising, uprises
- To get up, ascend, or revolt.
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- ascend as a sound
- rise up as in fear
- "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
- rise to one's feet
- come up, of celestial bodies
- move upward
- return from the dead
- "The dead are to uprise"
- get up and out of bed
- To rise; to get up.
- To have an upward direction or inclination.
- To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising.
Noun
- The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
Examples
- His score began to UPRISE rapidly after a series of power plays in Scrabble.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English uprisen, from Old English ūprīsan (“to rise up”), equivalent to up- + rise. Cognate with Icelandic upprisa (“resurrection”), Middle Low German oprīsinge (“uprising”). Compare also Icelandic uppreisn (“an uprising, revolt”).
Synonyms
arise, ascend, bristle, come up, develop, get up, go up, grow, lift, move up, originate, resurrect, rise, spring up, stand up, turn out
Scrabble Score: 8
uprise: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worduprise: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
uprise: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary