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Definitions

upside down

ADJECTIVE
reversed
Synonyms
WEAK
backwards bottom up inside out inverted orderless overturned topsy-turvy vice versa without order wrong side out
upside-down
ADJECTIVE
overturned, inverted
Synonyms
STRONGEST
tangled
WEAK
backward bottom up bottom-side-up confused disordered downside-up haywire helter-skelter in chaos in disarray jumbled mixed-up on head reversed topsy-turvy upended wrong way wrong-side up
Antonyms
WEAK
right-side up

Example Sentences

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A meme circulated portraying the Luce with iPhone applications photo-shopped onto the top, and another showing the car upside down and plugged into an iPhone charger.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

And there can be little argument that PIF's £3.8bn investment over nearly five years turned the pro game upside down.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

So far this year, the Iran war has turned OPEC’s usual production problem upside down.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

"The results are a surprise. They turn our understanding of the evolution of the eye and the brain upside down," says Dan-E Nilsson, professor emeritus in sensory biology at Lund University.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

He went to Anastasia's room and turned the wastebasket upside down so that he could stand on it and reach her goldfish bowl.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

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