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   upside down

   /ˌʌpsʌɪ(d) ˈdaʊn/

   adverb

   • 1. with the upper part where the lower part should be; in or into an inverted position: "the car rolled and landed upside down" Similar upturnedupendedbottom upwrong side uphead over heelsinvertedreversedoverturnedcapsizedupsetflippedOpposite uprightthe right way up
   • ▪ in or into total disorder or confusion: "thieves have turned our house upside down" Similar in/into disarrayin/into disorderjumbled upin/into a jumblein/into a muddleuntidydisorganizedchaoticall over the placein/into chaosin/into confusiontopsy-turvyat sixes and sevensinformal:messed uphiggledy-piggledyOpposite tidy

   adjective

   • 1. placed with the upper part where the lower part should be; inverted: "an upside-down canoe" Similar upturnedupendedbottom upwrong side uphead over heelsinvertedreversedoverturnedcapsizedupsetflippedOpposite uprightthe right way up
   • ▪ totally disordered or confused: "an upside-down farm policy"

   Word Origin Middle English: originally up so down, perhaps in the sense ‘up as if down’.

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