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单词 pandemoniums
释义

pandemonium

noun

pan·​de·​mo·​ni·​um ˌpan-də-ˈmō-nē-əm How to pronounce pandemonium (audio)
1
: a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
Pandemonium erupted in the courtroom when the verdict was announced.
The game is stopped on account of pandemonium: players and spectators are screaming and staggering around the court … Darcy Frey
also : a chaotic situation
It is obvious that pandemonium would exist at most uncontrolled airports if every pilot did not conscientiously follow the traffic pattern. Joseph W. Benkert
2
capitalized : the capital of Hell in Milton's Paradise Lost
3
capitalized : the infernal regions : hell
the demons of Pandemonium

Synonyms

  • ado
  • alarums and excursions
  • ballyhoo
  • blather
  • bluster
  • bobbery
  • bother
  • bustle
  • clatter
  • clutter [chiefly dialect]
  • coil
  • commotion
  • corroboree [Australian]
  • disturbance
  • do [chiefly dialect]
  • 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 [chiefly British]
  • moil
  • pother
  • row
  • ruckus
  • ruction
  • rumpus
  • shindy
  • splore [Scottish]
  • squall
  • stew
  • stir
  • storm
  • to-do
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • uproar
  • welter
  • whirl
  • williwaw
  • zoo
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Word History

Etymology

pan- + Late Latin daemonium "evil spirit," borrowed from Greek daimónion "evil spirit," earlier "divine power, inferior divine being," derivative of daímōn "divinity, divine power, individual destiny" (with -ium probably to be read as Latin -ium or Greek -eion, suffixes of place) — more at demon

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

pandemonium

noun

pan·​de·​mo·​ni·​um
ˌpan-də-ˈmō-nē-əm
: wild uproar
Pandemonium broke out with the winning goal.

pandemoniums

noun

plural of pandemonium
as in disturbances
a state of noisy, confused activity Christmas morning at our house is always marked by pandemonium

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • disturbances
  • commotions
  • stirs
  • alarums and excursions
  • turmoils
  • hullabaloos
  • fusses
  • furors
  • rows
  • noises
  • ballyhoos
  • furores
  • storms
  • bobberies
  • rackets
  • rumpuses
  • hurricanes
  • hubbubs
  • fun
  • coils
  • shindies
  • williwaws
  • zoos
  • hubble-bubbles
  • moils
  • ruckuses
  • clutters
  • clatters
  • corroborees
  • hurry-skurries
  • pothers
  • bustles
  • blathers
  • splores
  • hurly-burlies
  • shindys
  • hurry-scurries
  • ados
  • helter-skelters
  • roars
  • bothers
  • hurlies
  • foofaraws
  • do's
  • stews
  • ructions
  • bluster
  • hoo-hahs
  • hooplas
  • tumults
  • welters
  • squalls
  • uproars
  • kerfuffles
  • flurries
  • upheavals
  • disorders
  • whirls
  • hue and cries
  • to-dos
  • howls
  • dos
  • dins
  • eruptions
  • outcries
  • cacophonies
  • hoo-has
  • outbreaks
  • clamors
  • brawls
  • outbursts
  • mêlées
  • flutters
  • fevers
  • scuffles
  • fracases
  • fracas
  • melees
  • frays
  • frets
  • tizzies
  • lathers
  • dithers
  • hassles
  • flare-ups

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • tranquillities
  • tranquilities
  • rests
  • calms
  • quiets
  • peaces
  • hushes
  • quietudes
  • orders
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