pandemonium

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