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Definitions

upside down

ADJECTIVE
reversed
Synonyms
WEAK
backwards bottom up inside out inverted orderless overturned topsy-turvy vice versa without order wrong side out
upside-down
ADJECTIVE
overturned, inverted
Synonyms
STRONGEST
tangled
WEAK
backward bottom up bottom-side-up confused disordered downside-up haywire helter-skelter in chaos in disarray jumbled mixed-up on head reversed topsy-turvy upended wrong way wrong-side up
Antonyms
WEAK
right-side up

Example Sentences

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Also percussive yet much quieter is Anri Sala’s snare drum, dangling upside down from the ceiling at Esther Schipper.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The court heard that the defendants "life has been turned upside down".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

So far this year, the Iran war has turned OPEC’s usual production problem upside down.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

"The results are a surprise. They turn our understanding of the evolution of the eye and the brain upside down," says Dan-E Nilsson, professor emeritus in sensory biology at Lund University.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Maggie, for one, seemed to be having her own doubts about how the spirits had turned her life upside down.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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