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upside down

(ʌpsaɪd daʊn) also upside-down
1. adverb [ADVERB after verb, noun ADVERB]
If something has been moved upside down, it has been turned round so that the part that is usually lowest is above the partthat is usually highest.
The painting was hung upside down.
Salter held the bag by the corners and shook it upside down.
Synonyms: wrong side up, bottom up, on its head More Synonyms of upside down
Upside down is also an adjective.
His eyes were open and everything he saw was upside down.
Tony had an upside-down map of Britain on his wall.
2.  to turn something upside down
More Synonyms of upside down

upside down in British English

adjective
1. (usually postpositive; upside-down when prenominal)
turned over completely; inverted
2. (upside-down when prenominal) informal
confused; muddled; topsy-turvy
an upside-down world
adverb
3. 
in an inverted fashion
4. 
in a chaotic or crazy manner
Derived forms
upside-downness (ˌupside-ˈdownness)
noun
Word origin
C16: variant, by folk etymology, of earlier upsodown

upside down in American English

1. 
with the top side or part underneath or turned over; inverted
2. 
in disorder; topsy-turvy
Derived forms
upside-down (ˈupˌside-ˈdown)
adjective
Word origin
ME up so doun, lit., up as if down: altered by folk etym.

Examples of 'upside down' in a sentence
upside down

There were about a dozen teacups stacked to drain upside down beside the sink.
Barbara Erskine HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
They turned their chairs upside down in case anything had been fixed under the seat.
Brent-Dyer, Elinor ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
We can't just have your spell turning things upside down forever.
Isobel Bird CIRCLE OF THREE: BOOK 1: SO MOTE IT BE (2001)
Stephanie dragged a tea chest out of the alley and placed an upside-down dustbin on top of it.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
That afternoon, by the time they had finished, news had reached all quarters that upside-down Bali would bring bad luck.
Preethi Nair GYPSY MASALA (2002)

In other languages
upside down

British English: upside down /ˈʌpˌsaɪd daʊn/ ADVERB
If you hang upside down, your head is below your feet.
  • American English: upside down
  • Arabic: مَقْلُوبٌ رَأْساً عَلَى عَقِب
  • Brazilian Portuguese: de cabeça para baixo
  • Chinese: 颠倒
  • Croatian: naopačke
  • Czech: vzhůru nohama
  • Danish: på hovedet
  • Dutch: ondersteboven
  • European Spanish: al revés
  • Finnish: ylösalaisin
  • French: à l’envers
  • German: verkehrt herum
  • Greek: ανάποδα
  • Italian: sottosopra
  • Japanese: 逆さまに
  • Korean: 거꾸로
  • Norwegian: opp-ned
  • Polish: do góry nogami
  • European Portuguese: de cabeça para baixo
  • Romanian: invers
  • Russian: вверх дном
  • Latin American Spanish: al revés
  • Swedish: upp och ner
  • Thai: พลิกเอาด้านบนลงล่าง
  • Turkish: baş aşağı
  • Ukrainian: догори ногами
  • Vietnamese: lộn ngược
British English: upside down /ˈʌpˌsaɪd daʊn/ ADJECTIVE
If something is upside down, the part that is usually at the bottom is at the top.
The picture was upside down.
  • American English: upside down
  • Arabic: رَأْساً عَلَى عَقِب
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ao contrário
  • Chinese: 倒置的
  • Croatian: naopačke
  • Czech: převrácený
  • Danish: på hovedet
  • Dutch: ondersteboven
  • European Spanish: al revés
  • Finnish: ylösalaisin
  • French: à l'envers
  • German: auf den Kopf gestellt
  • Greek: ανάποδος
  • Italian: sottosopra
  • Japanese: さかさまの
  • Korean: 거꾸로의
  • Norwegian: opp ned
  • Polish: do góry nogami
  • European Portuguese: ao contrário
  • Romanian: inversat
  • Russian: перевернутый
  • Latin American Spanish: al revés
  • Swedish: uppochned
  • Thai: คว่ำลง พลิกบนลงล่าง
  • Turkish: baş aşağı
  • Ukrainian: перевернутий
  • Vietnamese: chổng ngược

Chinese translation of 'upside down'

upside down

(ʌpsaɪd-)

adv

  1. [hang, hold, turn] 上下颠(顛)倒地 (shàngxià diāndǎo de)

adj

  1. 上下颠(顛)倒的 (shàngxià diāndǎo de)
    to turn a place upside down 把某地方翻得乱(亂)七八糟 (bǎ mǒu dìfang fān de luàn qī bā zāo)
    to turn sb's life or world upside down 把某人的生活搞得天翻地覆 (bǎ mǒurén de shēnghuó gǎo de tiān fān dì fù)
(adverb) 
Definition
in a chaotic manner or into a chaotic state
The painting was hung upside down.
Synonyms
wrong side up
bottom up
on its head
1 (adjective) 
Definition
with the bottom where the top would normally be
Tony had an upside-down map of Britain on his wall.
Synonyms
inverted
overturned
upturned
on its head
bottom up
wrong side up
2 (adjective) 
Definition
confused or jumbled
(informal) 
the upside-down sort of life that we've had
Synonyms
confused
The situation remains confused as both sides claim victory.
Everything lay in a confused heap on the floor.
disordered
a disordered heap of mossy branches
chaotic
My house is always a chaotic mess.
muddled
a muddled pile of historical manuscripts
jumbled
in disarray
in chaos
topsy-turvy
The world has turned topsy-turvy in my lifetime.
in confusion
higgledy-piggledy (informal)
books stacked in higgledy-piggledy piles on the floor
in disorder

idiom

See turn something upside down

Additional synonyms

in the sense of chaotic
My house is always a chaotic mess.
Synonyms
disordered,
confused,
uncontrolled,
anarchic,
tumultuous,
lawless,
riotous,
topsy-turvy,
disorganized,
purposeless,
rampageous
in the sense of disordered
a disordered heap of mossy branches
Synonyms
untidy,
confused,
muddled,
all over the place,
displaced,
out of place,
jumbled,
misplaced,
dislocated,
deranged,
in a mess,
disorganized,
in confusion,
higgledy-piggledy (informal),
disarranged,
disarrayed,
out of kilter,
daggy (Australian, New Zealand, informal)
in the sense of higgledy-piggledy
Definition
in a muddle
books stacked in higgledy-piggledy piles on the floor
Synonyms
haphazard,
muddled,
jumbled,
indiscriminate,
topsy-turvy,
helter-skelter,
pell-mell

Nearby words of
upside down

  • ups and downs
  • upset
  • upshot
  • upside down
  • upstage
  • upstanding
  • upstart

Related terms of
upside down

  • turn something upside down

Synonyms of 'upside down'

upside down

Explore 'upside down' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of muddled
a muddled pile of historical manuscripts
Synonyms
jumbled,
confused,
disordered,
scrambled,
tangled,
chaotic,
messy,
mixed-up,
disorganized,
higgledy-piggledy (informal),
disarrayed
in the sense of topsy-turvy
Definition
in a state of confusion
The world has turned topsy-turvy in my lifetime.
Synonyms
confused,
upside-down,
disorderly,
chaotic,
messy,
mixed-up,
jumbled,
inside-out,
untidy,
disorganized,
disarranged
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