pandemonium

[ pan-duh-moh-nee-uhm ]
/ ˌpæn dəˈmoʊ ni əm /

noun

wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
a place or scene of riotous uproar or utter chaos.
(often initial capital letter) the abode of all the demons.
hell.

Origin of pandemonium

1660–70; after Pandaemonium, Milton's name in Paradise Lost for the capital of hell; see pan-, demon, -ium

SYNONYMS FOR pandemonium

1, 2 bedlam, turmoil, babel.

OTHER WORDS FROM pandemonium

pan·de·mo·ni·ac, pan·de·mo·ni·a·cal [pan-duh-muh-nahy-uh-kuhl] /ˌpæn də məˈnaɪ ə kəl/, pan·de·mon·ic [pan-duh-mon-ik] /ˌpæn dəˈmɒn ɪk/, adjective pan·de·mo·ni·an, adjective, noun

Words nearby pandemonium

pandean, pandean pipes, pandect, pandects of justinian, pandemic, pandemonium, pander, pandiculation, pandit, pandora, pandora shell

Example sentences from the Web for pandemonic

  • The "game" was considered ended when the shrieks of the victims were sufficiently loud to overtone the pandemonic music.

    The Hansa Towns |Helen Zimmern

British Dictionary definitions for pandemonic

pandemonium
/ (ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm) /

noun

wild confusion; uproar
a place of uproar and chaos

Derived forms of pandemonium

pandemoniac or pandemonic (ˌpændɪˈmɒnɪk), adjective

Word Origin for pandemonium

C17: coined by Milton to designate the capital of hell in Paradise Lost, from pan- + Greek daimōn demon