Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom.

    The Union flag was flying upside down, a sign of danger.

    auf dem Kopf, verkehrt herum, verkehrt rum

    вверх дно́мvverx dnóm, вверх нога́миvverx nogámi, кверх нога́миkverx nogámi

    догори́ дри́ґомdohorý drýgom, вверх дно́мvverx dnóm, вверх нога́миvverx nohámy

    in an inverted manner

  2. (not comparable)In great disorder.

    The thief had turned the room upside down.

    кувырко́мkuvyrkóm

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

  2. Tom hung the picture upside down.

    Том повісив фотографію догори дригом. — deniko

    deTom hängte das Bild verkehrt herum auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Why is it upside down?

    Чому це догори дригом? — deniko

    deWarum steht es auf dem Kopf? — Felixjp

  4. Who turned this upside down?

    Хто перевернув це догори дригом? — deniko

  5. I think it's upside down.

    Мені здається, він догори дригом. — deniko

    deIch glaube, es steht auf dem Kopf. — raggione

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
inverted:
Русский
By meaning 2
inverted:
in great disorder:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
inverted:

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

8 synonyms
reverseB2upsy-downdownside upup so downupsidown

Antonyms

3 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
upside down — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto