TOPSY-TURVINESS

Meaning of TOPSY-TURVINESS in English

Pronunciation: ˌ täp-s ē - ' t ə r-v ē -n ə s

Function: noun

Date: 1842

: the quality or state of being topsy-turvy

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

TOPSY-TURVINESS — noun Date: 1842 the quality or state of being topsy-turvy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOPSY-TURVINESS — -vēnə̇s, -vin- noun ( -es ) : the quality or state of being topsy-turvy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOPSY-TURVINESS — noun Date: 1842 : the quality or state of being topsy-turvy
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOPSY-TURVINESS — [top.sy-tur.vi.ness] n (1842): the quality or state of being topsy-turvy
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOPSY-TURVINESS — Function: noun Synonyms: CONFUSION 3, ataxia, ||ballup, chaos, clutter, disarray, disorder, huddle, muddle, snarl
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TOPSY-TURVINESS — noun Synonyms: confusion 3, ataxia, ||ballup, chaos, clutter, disarray, disorder, huddle, muddle, snarl
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOPSY — Topsy BrE AmE ˈtɒps i AmE \ ˈtɑːps i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOPSY — Top ‧ sy /ˈtɒpsi $ ˈtɑːp-/ BrE AmE a small African-American girl character in the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1851–52) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOPSY — the character of a young black slave girl in the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe . Topsy …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
TOPSY — turvy adj. 1 upside down, wrong side up, head over heels, inverted, reversed, backwards, vice versa The children were wearing …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TOPSY — typos
Anagrams English vocabulary
TOPSY — Topsy
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOPSY — Topsy
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOPSY — Topsy
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOPSY — Topsy
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TOPSY-TURVY — I. adverb Etymology: probably ultimately from tops (plural of 1top) + obsolete English terve to turn upside down Date: 1528 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOPSY-TURVY — I. adverb also top·sy-tur·vey -vē, -vi Etymology: earlier topsy-tirvy, topsy-tervy, probably from tops (plural of top ) (I) + -y …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOPSY-TURVYDOM — -dəm noun ( -s ) 1. : topsy-turviness 2. : a state, existence, or world in which everything is turned …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOPSY-TURVY — I. ˌtäp-sē-ˈtər-vē adverb Etymology: probably ultimately from tops (plural of top ) (I) + obsolete English terve to turn upside …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOPSY-TURVY — ■ adjective & adverb 1》 upside down. 2》 in a state of confusion. Derivatives topsy-turvily adverb topsy-turviness noun Origin C16: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TOPSY-TURVY — [top.sy-tur.vy] adv [prob. ultim. fr. tops (pl. of [1]top) + obs. E terve to turn upside down] (1528) 1: in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOPSY-TURVY — adv., adj., & n. --adv. & adj. 1. upside down. 2 in utter confusion. --n. utter confusion. Derivatives: topsy-turvily adv. …
Oxford English vocab
TOPSY-TURVYDOM — /top"see terr"vee deuhm/ , n. a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy. [ 1875-80; TOPSY-TURVY …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOPSY-TURVY — — topsy-turvily , adv. — topsyturviness , n. /top"see terr"vee/ , adv., adj., n., pl. topsy-turvies . adv. 1. with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOPSY-TURVY — topsy-turv|y BrE AmE ˌtɒps i ˈtɜːv |i ◂ AmE \ ˌtɑːps i ˈtɝːv |i ◂ ▷ topsy-turv|idom i dəm ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOPSY-TURVY — Something that is topsy-turvy is in a confused or disorganized state. ( INFORMAL ) The world has turned topsy-turvy in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOPSY-TURVY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN world ▪ They both show us a topsy-turvy world , a world turned inside-out …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOPPLE — Synonyms and related words : ataxia, bite the dust, blow down, blow over, bowl down, bowl over, break down, break …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOPSY-TURVY — topsy-turvy.ogg 1. ͵tɒpsıʹtɜ:vı n беспорядок, неразбериха, кутерьма; дым коромыслом 2. ͵tɒpsıʹtɜ:vı a 1> перевёрнутый вверх дном her room was always …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TOPSY-TURVY — 1. ͵tɒpsıʹtɜ:vı n беспорядок, неразбериха, кутерьма; дым коромыслом 2. ͵tɒpsıʹtɜ:vı a 1) перевёрнутый вверх дном her room was always topsy-turvy …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TOPSY-TURVY — adv., adj., & n. --adv. & adj. 1 upside down. 2 in utter confusion. --n. utter confusion. øøtopsy-turvily adv. topsy-turviness …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOPSYTURVY — adv., adj., & n. adv. & adj. 1 upside down. 2 in utter confusion. n. utter confusion. topsy-turvily adv. topsy-turviness …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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WELTER — Synonyms and related words : arsy-varsiness, bask, bend, blunder, careen, career, clutter, cower, cringe, crouch, falter, farrago, flounce, flounder, get …
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UPTURN
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UPSET
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UNHOLY MESS
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TURN UPSIDE DOWN — Synonyms and related words : accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, better, break up, capsize, careen, change, comb, convert, culbuter, deform, …
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TURMOIL — Synonyms and related words : ado, agitation, ailment, anarchism, anarcho-syndicalism, anarchy, antinomianism, anxiety, anxiousness, arsy-varsiness, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, …
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TUMBLE
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TRANSPOSITION
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SNARL
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SCRAMBLE
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REVULSION — Synonyms and related words : abhorrence, abomination, about-face, action and reaction, answer, antipathy, automatic reaction, autonomic reaction, aversion, backing, backsliding, …
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REVERSION — Synonyms and related words : about-face, about-turn, atavism, back track, back trail, backing, backing off, backing out, backing up, backset, …
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REVERSAL — Synonyms and related words : abolishment, abolition, about-face, about-turn, abrogation, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, afterthoughts, alchemy, alteration, amelioration, annulment, apostasy, assimilation, …
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RETROFLEXION — Synonyms and related words : backset, backsliding, backward motion, backward step, ectropion, eversion, introversion, intussusception, invagination, inversion, lapse, pronation, reaction, …
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MUDDLE
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MISHMASH — Synonyms and related words : all sorts, arsy-varsiness, assemblage, assortment, broad spectrum, clutter, conglomeration, farrago, gallimaufry, goulash, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, …
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MESS
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LITTER — Synonyms and related words : air mattress, arsy-varsiness, be confined, bear, bear a child, bear young, bed, bed down, bedding, …
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JUMBLE
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INTROVERSION — Synonyms and related words : aloofness, ambiversion, backwardness, bashfulness, blankness, chilliness, coldness, complexion, constraint, coolness, cycloid personality, cyclothymia, depth, detachment, …
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HYSTERON PROTERON — Synonyms and related words : anastrophe, argument, argument by analogy, argumentum ad baculum, argumentum ad captandum, argumentum ad hominem, arsy-varsiness, …
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TOPSYTURVY — 1. сущ. ; тж. topsy-turvy неразбериха, кутерьма, "дым коромыслом" Syn: confusion , disorder 2. прил. ; тж. topsy-turvy перевернутый вверх …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TOPSYTURVY — 1. сущ.; тж. topsy-turvy неразбериха, кутерьма, "дым коромыслом" Syn: confusion, disorder 2. прил.; тж. topsy-turvy перевернутый вверх дном; перен. беспорядочный A very topsyturvy way of reasoning. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ВВЕРХ ТОРМАШКАМИ — разг. head over heels, headlong; перен. (в полном беспорядке) upside-down, topsy-turvy полететь вверх тормашками - to fall head over heels …
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