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   Top·sy-tur·vy

   /ˌtäpsēˈtərvē/

   

   adverb

   • 1. upside down: "the fairground ride turned riders topsy-turvy" Similar upside downinvertedreversedwrong side uphead over heelsupsetbackwardsvice versaOpposite right way up
   • ▪ in or into a state of confusion: "the world has, indeed, gone all topsy-turvy" Similar in disorderdisorderlydisorderedconfusedmixed upmuddledjumbledchaoticdisorganizedmessyuntidyawryupside downupsetdisruptedin confusionin a muddlein a jumblein chaosin disarrayin a messaskewupside downat sixes and sevensinformal:higgledy-piggledyevery which wayOpposite ordered

   adjective

   • 1. placed upside down: "the bookmark showed a topsy-turvy flag"
   • ▪ being in a state of confusion: "the topsy-turvy months of the invasion"

   noun

   • 1. a state of utter confusion: "this economic topsy-turvy has been set in motion by employee ownership of public companies"

   Word Origin early 16th century: apparently based on top1 and obsolete terve ‘overturn’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. topsy-turvydom noun
   • 2. topsy-turvily adverb
   • 3. topsy-turviness noun

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   Topsy-turvy means in utter confusion or disorder, or with the top or head downward. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of this adverb, adjective, and noun.

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   Why do people say these topsy-turvy things?

   • Through this strangely ordered chaos of specimens, this topsy-turvy, disparate world is homogenized into a dense space that overrides the history of the individual objects. So from ignorance these people say these topsy-turvy things. I am not arguing for a topsy-turvy, unlimited, uninhibited advance of freedom of trade.

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   What is a topsy-turvy world?

   • It is a topsy-turvy world in which sympotic activity not only mimes, but in a sense, actually becomes the civic, and a world in which a democratic peace can mean only the return of the wife to the confines of the private home‟. 789Stroup (2004) 66. 236

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   What is a topsy-turvy gravestone?

   • Something that is topsy-turvy is in a confused or disorganized state. The world has turned topsy-turvy in my lifetime. ...the moss-covered, topsy-turvy gravestones. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4.

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   Topsy-turvy means confused, not well organized, or giving importance to unexpected things. Learn how to use this informal adjective or adverb in different contexts and see synonyms and translations.

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   1. upside down; in a reversed condition. 2. in confusion or disorder. noun. 3. a topsy-turvy condition; inverted state.

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    Something that's topsy-turvy is either upside down or in complete confusion, like the topsy-turvy life of a worker whose shifts keep changing from daytime to overnight. If a roller coaster loops upside down, you'll be topsy-turvy when you ride it.