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- Dictionarypandemonium/ˌpandɪˈməʊnɪəm/
noun
- 1. wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar: "there was complete pandemonium—everyone just panicked"
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The meaning of PANDEMONIUM is a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people); also : a chaotic situation. How to use pandemonium in a sentence. Did you know?
PANDEMONIUM definition: 1. a situation in which there is a lot of noise and confusion because people are excited, angry, or…. Learn more.
a situation in which there is a lot of noise and confusion because people are excited, angry, or frightened: Pandemonium reigned in the hall as the unbelievable election results were read out. the pandemonium of the school playground. Synonyms.
uncountable noun. If there is pandemonium in a place, the people there are behaving in a very noisy and uncontrolled way. There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing up. Pandemonium broke out as they ran into the street shouting. Synonyms: uproar, confusion, chaos, turmoil More Synonyms of pandemonium.
pandemonium. noun. /ˌpændəˈməʊniəm/. /ˌpændəˈməʊniəm/. [uncountable] a situation in which there is a lot of noise and activity with a great lack of order, especially because people are feeling angry or frightened synonym chaos. Pandemonium broke out when the news was announced.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun pandemonium, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Pandemonium is chaos, total and utter craziness — like the stampede after your team won the championship, when everyone spilled onto the field at once, bouncing off each other. If you look carefully at the word pandemonium, you’ll see the word demon inside it.
