pandemonium (redirected from pandemoniac)

pan·de·mo·ni·um  (pnd-mn-m)

n.

1. A very noisy place: "The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium, and the din was terrific" (Jerome K. Jerome).

2. Wild uproar or noise. See Synonyms at noise.

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[From Pandæmonium, capital of Hell in Paradise Lost, an epic poem by John Milton : Greek pan-, pan- + Late Latin daemonium, demon (from Greek daimonion, from daimn, lesser god, demon; see demon).]

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pande·moni·ac (-n-k) adj.

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pandemonium

Noun

wild confusion; uproar [Greek pan- all + daimōn demon]

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Pandemonium

1. the abode of all demons; Heil.
2. any scène of wild confusion or disorder.

See also: Demons

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1. the abode of all demons; Hell.
2. (l.c.) any scene of wild confusion or disorder.

See also: Order and Disorder

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Pandemonium a place or gathering of wild persons; originally denoted hell [from Paradise Lost].

Examples: pandemonium of dancing and whooping, 1865; of devils; of iniquity, 1800.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pandemonium - a state of extreme confusion and disorder bedlam, chaos, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness confusion - disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion" balagan - a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian); "it was utter and complete balagan!"

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pandemonium

noun uproar, confusion, chaos, turmoil, racket, clamour, din, commotion, rumpus, bedlam, babel, tumult, hubbub, ruction (informal) hullabaloo, hue and cry, ruckus (informal) << OPPOSITE order

Translations

pandemonium [pændɪˈməunɪəm] n (= noise): there was pandemonium → se armó un tremendo jaleo (= mess); caos m

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pandemonium [pændɪˈməunɪəm] n → tohu-bohu m

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pandemonium [pændɪˈməunɪəm] n → Chaos nt

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pandemonium [pændɪˈməunɪəm] n → pandemonio

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pandemonium

n pandemonium [pӕndiˈmouniəm]

a state of noise and confusion There was pandemonium in the classroom before the teacher arrived. pandemonium ضَجَّه، صَخَب безредие vřava vild forvirring der Höllenlärm πανδαιμόνιο pandemonio, estruendo infernal korralagedus ja põrgulärm جنجال؛ غوغا sekasorto vacarme מְהוָּמה कोलाहल, हो-हल्ला urnebes,metež zűrzavar kekalutan ringlulreið pandemonio 大騒ぎ 대혼란 tikras pragaras, maišatis šausmīgs troksnis; kņada; jandāliņš hiruk-pikuk tumult vilt kaos, forvirring zamieszanie, piekło pandemónio vacarm шум; столпотворение vrava; blázinec peklenski hrup halabuka tumult, kaos, oväsen ความโกลาหล kargaşa(lık) 大吵大鬧 справжнє пекло; сум'яття شوروغوغا sự huyên náo 大吵大闹