Term: pandemonium





pandemonium (noun) /ˌpæn.dəˈməʊ.ni.əm/

Similar to: chaos; bedlam; mayhem; turmoil; uproar
Definition: a situation where there is a lot of noise, confusion, and lack of control; wild disorder.
Translation: pandemonijs, jūklis, elles troksnis, haoss
Examples: “Pandemonium broke out in the courtroom when the judge announced the verdict.” “It was absolute pandemonium at the shop when the doors opened for the black Friday sale.” “There was pandemonium in the streets after the national team won the World Cup.”

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Pandemonium (noun)
1.
the capital of Hell in Milton's - Paradise Lost
2.
the infernal regions - hell
3.
not capitalized a wild uproar - tumult
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
pandemonium (noun)
1.
a state of noisy, confused activity
SYNONYMS:
ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter, coil, corroboree, disturbance, do, foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha ( hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry ( hurry-skurry), kerfuffle, moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore, squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
RELATED WORDS:
cacophony, clamor, din, howl, hue and cry, noise, outcry, racket, roar; disorder, unrest, upheaval; eruption, flare-up, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburst; brawl, fracas, fray, hassle, melee ( mêlée), scuffle; dither, fever, fret, lather, tizzy
NEAR ANTONYMS:
calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity ( tranquility); order, orderliness
pandemonium (noun)
the place of punishment for the wicked after death
SYNONYMS:
Gehenna, Pandemonium, perdition, Tophet
RELATED WORDS:
blazes, inferno; purgatory; hades, netherworld, shades, Tartarus, underworld; Sheol; abyss, pit; fire and brimstone, hellfire
NEAR ANTONYMS:
glory, happy hunting ground, nirvana, promised land, Valhalla
bliss, elysian fields, Elysium, empyrean, heaven, kingdom come, New Jerusalem, paradise, sky, Zion ( Sion)
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