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pandemonium

[ pan-duh-moh-nee-uhm ]

noun

  1. wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.

    Synonyms: babel, turmoil, bedlam

  2. a place or scene of riotous uproar or utter chaos.

    Synonyms: babel, turmoil, bedlam

  3. (often initial capital letter) the abode of all the demons.


pandemonium

/ ˌpændɪˈmɒnɪk; ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm /

noun

  1. wild confusion; uproar
  2. a place of uproar and chaos
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌpandeˈmoniˌac, adjective
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Other Words From

  • pande·moni·ac pan·de·mo·ni·a·cal [pan-d, uh, -m, uh, -, nahy, -, uh, -k, uh, l], pan·de·mon·ic [pan-d, uh, -, mon, -ik], adjective
  • pande·moni·an adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pandemonium1

1660–70; after Pandaemonium, Milton's name in Paradise Lost for the capital of hell; pan-, demon, -ium
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pandemonium1

C17: coined by Milton to designate the capital of hell in Paradise Lost, from pan- + Greek daimōn demon
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Example Sentences

However, as the pandemonium across the SEO community indicates, this isn’t always the case in practice.

The moons of Neptune document a whole other style of disaster, one that spared the planet but unleashed pandemonium around it.

The wildfires are more common than ever with the aridness of climate change, yet the evacuations remain a pandemonium.

Amidst all the pandemonium, the show just carried on to the consternation of some guests.

The result would have been pandemonium; I could be married at the movie theater but not at the bar afterward.

What if the pandemonium of the internet was turned into something more indexical and even tangible?

Kamel recalls the cries of her classmates, and the pandemonium that erupted as the students tried to flee their classrooms.

In spite of the pandemonium, the Navy men were rushing forward, rifles and demolition equipment in hand.

It was Wednesday night; over forty men sat down to the house-dinner at the Pandemonium Club.

As usual the dinner was recherché, for the Pandemonium chef enjoyed a world-wide reputation.

In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.

He showed his wisdom in giving the Pandemonium card-room a very wide berth for the rest of his days.

The nasty scandal at the Pandemonium had been particularly irritating to Haggard personally.

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