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

Adjective

1. with the bottom where the top would normally be; inverted

2. Informal confused or jumbled

Adverb

1. in an inverted fashion

2. in a chaotic manner or into a chaotic state: recent events have turned many people's lives upside down [by folk etymology, from upsodown]

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

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

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upside down or upside-down

adverb 1. wrong side up, bottom up, on its head

adjective 2. inverted, overturned, upturned, on its head, bottom up, wrong side up

adjective 3. (Informal) confused, disordered, chaotic, muddled, jumbled, in disarray, in chaos, topsy-turvy, in confusion, higgledy-piggledy (informal) in disorder

Translations

upside down [ˈʌpsaɪd-] adv → à l'envers;

to turn sth upside down (fig) [+ place]; mettre sens dessus dessous

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upside down [ˈʌpsaɪd-] adv → verkehrt herum;

to turn a room upside down (fig) → ein Zimmer auf den Kopf stellen

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upside down [ˈʌpsaɪd-] adv → sottosopra;

to turn upside down → capovolgere;

(fig) → mettere sottosopra

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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 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 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