pandemonium
A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd,…A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.
» Yanni dreads the pandemonium that comes with moving.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.
Tohuwabohu, Tumult, Anarchie
(countable, uncountable)An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.
Aufruhr, Gewaltausbruch, Hexensabbat
(collective, countable, uncountable)A group of parrots
- a state of extreme confusion and disorder
Examples
4 sentencesYanni dreads the pandemonium that comes with moving.
It was pandemonium at the stadium after the game.
When the musicians threw t-shirts into the audience, pandemonium ensued.
Their dog Gulliver, a boxer, added to the general pandemonium by barking emphatically, and also, of course, jumping.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Coined by John Milton in Paradise Lost as Pandæmonium, from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”)Coined by John Milton in Paradise Lost as Pandæmonium, from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to pan-) + Late Latin daemonium (“evil spirit, demon”), from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion, “deity”).
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Forms
plural: pandemoniums / pandemoniaSynonyms
6 synonyms- a state of extreme confusion and disorder:chaosbedlamtopsy-turvydomtopsy-turvyness
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable