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topsy-turvy
adjective as in mixed-up
adjective as in disorderly
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adverb as in in utter disorder; upside down
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In this topsy-turvy political year nothing quite seems to be certain.
In such a topsy-turvy season, one simple solution is…blaming the voters!
Everything is topsy-turvy in Europe according to our moral ideas, and they don't have what we call "men" over here.
Why, I know not what you call it; but if the house were turned topsy turvy, I should be in the cellar.
Almost comic this last—a sort of topsy-turvy adultery charge!
It was all over, the light was gone, everything was topsy-turvy.
The bottom had, indeed, dropped out of things—the universe was topsy-turvy.
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On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to topsy-turvy, such as: chaotic, tangled, cluttered, cockeyed, confused, and disarranged.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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