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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She placed a call that has turned her view of investors upside down.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

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

And there can be little argument that PIF's £3.8bn investment over nearly five years turned the pro game upside down.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

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

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

The kind of man who would take a wooden crate, flip it upside down, then step up on it and put on a show.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

upside down

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