topsy-turvyness

Definitions of topsy-turvyness
  1. noun
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
    synonyms: bedlam, chaos, pandemonium, tohubohu, topsy-turvydom
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    types:
    balagan
    a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian)
    type of:
    confusion
    disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
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