Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A condition or scene of noisy confusion: synonym: noise.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The abode of all the demons or evil spirits; hell: a name invented and used by Milton rather as a proper name than a general term.
- noun Hence Any lawless, disorderly, and noisy place or assemblage.
- noun A loud noise, as from pandemonium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits.
- noun An utterly lawless, riotous place or assemblage.
- noun A condition of unrestrained disorder and chaotic, riotous uproar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A place where all demons live;
Hell . - noun
Chaos ;tumultuous orlawless violence . - noun An
outburst ;loud ,riotous uproar , especially of a crowd.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state of extreme confusion and disorder
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The pandemonium is still in the air, the giddy excitement from winning again.
Worldcon's over. Now start working on next year's Worldcon! frankwu 2009
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Conditions at the hospital were poor and Bedlam had entered the English language as a byword for pandemonium.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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Conditions at the hospital were poor and Bedlam had entered the English language as a byword for pandemonium.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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By the mid-sixteenth century, Bethlem had become Bedlam, a byword for pandemonium.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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Conditions at the hospital were poor and Bedlam had entered the English language as a byword for pandemonium.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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By the mid-sixteenth century, Bethlem had become Bedlam, a byword for pandemonium.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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By the mid-sixteenth century, Bethlem had become Bedlam, a byword for pandemonium.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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More pandemonium is expected now that Nebraska has returned.
USATODAY.com - Fighting Irish to the College World Series 2002
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When it missed, Madison Square Garden erupted in pandemonium - as opposite a collective emotion as there could be from the way the crowd felt at halftime.
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It may not simply be coincidence that the word "pandemonium" -- uproar and noise -- comes right after it in the dictionary.
Salon 2009
brtom commented on the word pandemonium
"She is a hoary pandemonium of ills, enlarged glands, mumps, quinsy, bunions, hayfever, bedsores, ringworm, floating kidney, Derbyshire neck, warts, bilious attacks, gallstones, cold feet, varicose veins."
Joyce, Ulysses, 14
January 27, 2007
darqueau commented on the word pandemonium
"the high Capitol of Satan and his peers" Paradise Lost
July 15, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word pandemonium
JM has observed an overcrowded panda habitat that was pandemonium.
May 25, 2011