Meaning

4 senses

  1. (not comparable)Inverted; turned so that the top is at the bottom.

    The pattern resembled an upside down letter W.

  2. (not comparable)In great disorder.

  3. (not comparable)Owing more money for something than it is worth; having negative equity.

    He's upside down on his mortgage.

  4. (humorous, not comparable)Australian.

Examples

138 sentences

  1. The picture is hung upside down.

    Картина висить догори ногами. — older

    ruЭта картина висит вверх ногами. — marafon

    deDas Bild hängt verkehrt herum. — halfdan

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  2. Tom hung the picture upside down.

    Том повісив фотографію догори дригом. — deniko

    deTom hängte das Bild verkehrt herum auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Why is it upside down?

    Чому це догори дригом? — deniko

    deWarum steht es auf dem Kopf? — Felixjp

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  4. Who turned this upside down?

    Хто перевернув це догори дригом? — deniko

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  5. I think it's upside down.

    Мені здається, він догори дригом. — deniko

    deIch glaube, es steht auf dem Kopf. — raggione

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Translations

6 languages

Origin

From Middle English up sid doun, an alteration of earlier upsadowne, upsedowne, up-so-doun

From Middle English up sid doun, an alteration of earlier upsadowne, upsedowne, up-so-doun (“upside down”), equivalent to up + so + down, literally “up as down”.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
having negative equity:underwaterA2

Word family

3 related words
Derivedupside-down cakeupside-down fireupside-down tree

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
upsetA2upshotupsideupstairsB1upstart

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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