upside down

upside down

adv.

1. So that the upper or right side is down: turned upside down.

2. In great disorder.

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[Alteration of Middle English up so doun, up as if down : up, up; see up + so, as if; see so¹ + doun, down; see down¹.]

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upside-down (psd-doun) adj.

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upside down

adj

1. (usually postpositive; upside-down when prenominal) turned over completely; inverted

2. Informal confused; muddled; topsy-turvy an upside-down world

adv

1. in an inverted fashion

2. in a chaotic or crazy manner

[variant, by folk etymology, of earlier upsodown]

upside-downness  n

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

upside down - in an inverted manner; "the box was lying on the floor upside down"

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upside down upside-down

adverb

wrong side up, bottom up, on its head The painting was hung upside down.

adjective

1. inverted, overturned, upturned, on its head, bottom up, wrong side up Tony had an upside-down map of Britain on his wall.

2. (Informal) confused, disordered, chaotic, muddled, jumbled, in disarray, in chaos, topsy-turvy, in confusion, higgledy-piggledy (informal), in disorder the upside-down sort of life that we've had

turn something upside down ransack, search, go through, comb, scour, rummage through, rake through, turn something inside out, fossick through (Austral. & N.Z.) I've turned the place upside down, but cannot find it.

Translations

upside down

adv → verkehrt herum; the monkey was hanging upside down → der Affe hing verkehrt herum or mit dem Kopf nach unten; to turn something upside down (lit) → etw umdrehen; (fig) → etw auf den Kopf stellen (inf); when my daughter was born my world turned upside down → als meine Tochter geboren wurde, wurde mein Leben auf den Kopf gestellt

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upside down [ˌʌpsaɪdˈdaʊn]

1. adv (person) → a testa in giù; (object) → alla rovescia, sottosopra
to turn upside down → capovolgere (mattress) → rivoltare (fig) → mettere sottosopra or a soqquadro

2. adj (person) → a testa in giù; (object) → capovolto/a
the room was upside down (in disorder) → la stanza era tutta sottosopra or a soqquadro

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upside down [ˌʌpsaɪdˈdaʊn]

1. adv (person) → a testa in giù; (object) → alla rovescia, sottosopra
to turn upside down → capovolgere (mattress) → rivoltare (fig) → mettere sottosopra or a soqquadro

2. adj (person) → a testa in giù; (object) → capovolto/a
the room was upside down (in disorder) → la stanza era tutta sottosopra or a soqquadro

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upside down

adv upside down [apsaiˈdaun]

1 with the top part underneath The plate was lying upside down on the floor. onderstebo مَقْلوب наопаки převráceně omvendt verkehrt herum ανάποδα boca abajo, al revés tagurpidi وارونه؛ پشت و رو ylösalaisin à l'envers הָפוּך उलटा-पुलटा, औंधा naopačke felfordítva á hvolfi capovolto, rovesciato さかさまに 거꾸로하다 aukštielninkai ačgārni; ar kājām gaisā; otrādi terbalik ondersteboven opp ned, med bunnen i været do góry nogami de pernas para o ar invers, cu susul în jos вверх дном obrátený prekucnjen naopačke uppochner คว่ำลง baş aşağı 顛倒，亂七八糟 догори ногами اوپر تلے lộn ngược, đảo lộn 颠倒，乱七八糟

2 into confusion The burglars turned the house upside down. deurmekaar رأسا على عَقِب، فَوْضى с главата надолу vzhůru nohama på hovedet drunter und drüber άνω κάτω patas arriba segamini نامرتب mullin mallin sens dessus dessous תוֹהוּ וַבוֹהוּ बिखेर देना naopačke a feje tetején v. tetejére á hvolf, í óreiðu a soqquadro めちゃくちゃに 혼란시키다 aukštyn kojomis nekārtībā; juku jukām tunggang-terbalik overhoop i vill forvirring, satt på hodet do góry nogami de pernas para o ar cu fundul în sus вверх тормашками hore nohami na glavo haotično uppochner ทำทำให้สับสนวุ่นวาย altüst 混亂 шкереберть, перевертом درہم برہم hoàn toàn lộn xộn 混乱

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upside down → مقلوب رأسا على عقب vzhůru nohama på hovedet verkehrt herum ανάποδα al revés ylösalaisin à l’envers naopačke sottosopra 逆さまに 거꾸로 ondersteboven opp-ned do góry nogami de cabeça para baixo вверх дном upp och ner พลิกเอาด้านบนลงล่าง baş aşağı lộn ngược 颠倒