turvy
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9.9
- adjective
- Archaic
:
desordenado
- After the sudden change in management, the office became topsy turvy, with files everywhere and no clear direction.
- topsy-turvy
- turvy world
And it's kind of all, all, all topsy turvy, you know.
- And it's kind of all, all, all topsy turvy, you know.
- And man, we, it went always topsy turvy, you know?
- And when we read this, we should be like, oh, this is a burn and things are going to go topsy turvy real quick.
Examples
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I must tell you, Dave, since we met, my life has gone somewhat topsy-turvy.
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We surely live in a topsy-turvy world, don't we?
Blog text (12) -
And it's kind of all, all, all topsy turvy, you know.
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And when we read this, we should be like, oh, this is a burn and things are going to go topsy turvy real quick.
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And so, dear ones, this topsy-turvy night... was to end with a beginning.
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And everything is topsy-turvy, everything destroyed.
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You care for them; you raise them in this topsy-turvy world.
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The topsy-turvy world seen by Rabbi Joseph is our world.
Academic text (1995) -
And then, alas, she falls down the rabbit hole into a place where the world is topsy-turvy.
Academic text (1994) -
It's a topsy-turvy world, Jane, and maybe the problems of two people don't amount to a hill of beans, but this is our hill and these are our beans.
Synonyms
35
7.5
It is full of loud, excited activity and confusion
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1.0
Messy and not in order, with things mixed up
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4.5
A place or thing that is untidy and not in order
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7.5
Mixed up and in a messy, confused state
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7.3
In a confused, messy way with no order
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9.9
In a messy, mixed-up way with things in no order
Not neat or in order
Being confused and disorganized
In a confused, hurried way with no order
In a confused and disorganized state
A state of confusion where things are mixed up and messy
Antonyms
Compounds
How Disordered
Surface Forms
Etymology
Turvy comes from the old phrase topsy-turvy, where turvy suggests 'turned' or 'upside down', like the verb turn. So when a room or plan is turvy it feels 'turned around' and messy or in 'disorder'.