topsy turvy

topsy turvy
Synonyms and related words:
a rebours, against the grain, anarchic, arsy-varsy, ass over elbows, ass-backwards, back-to-front, backwards, balled up, bollixed up, bottom side up, bottom up, by contraries, capsized, chaotic, chiastic, cockeyed, confused, contra, contrarily, contrariously, contrariwise, conversely, disarranged, disjointed, disordered, everted, fouled up, galley-west, head over heels, heels over head, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, hyperbatic, in a mess, in flat opposition, inside out, introverted, invaginated, inversed, inversely, inverted, jumbled, just the opposite, mixed up, mucked up, muddled, nay rather, on the contrary, oppositely, otherwise, outside in, over, palindromic, per contra, quite the contrary, rather, resupinate, retroverted, reversed, scattered, screwed up, skimble-skamble, snafu, to the contrary, tout au contraire, transposed, turned around, unhinged, upside down, upside-down, vice versa, wrong side out

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  • Topsy-turvy — est un film britannique réalisé par Mike Leigh, sorti en 1999. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Distinctions …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Topsy-turvy — Top sy tur vy, adv. [Earlier topside turvey, topsy tervy; probably for top so turvy; that is, the top as turvy, as it were turvy; where turvy probably means, overturned, fr. {AS}. torfian to throw.] In an inverted posture; with the top or head… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Topsy-Turvy — est un film britannique réalisé par Mike Leigh, sorti en 1999. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Distinctions …   Wikipédia en Français

  • topsy-turvy — topsy turvily, adv. topsyturviness, n. /top see terr vee/, adv., adj., n., pl. topsy turvies. adv. 1. with the top where the bottom should be; upside down. 2. in or into a reversed condition or order. 3. in or into a state of confusion or… …   Universalium

  • Topsy-Turvy — es un drama musical de época ambientado en el siglo pasado que narra las diferencias y rivalidades que existieron entre dos londinenses de gran creatividad: Gilbert y Sullivan. La película fue dirigida y escrita por Mike Leigh, e interpretada,… …   Wikipedia Español

  • topsy-turvy — [täp′sē tʉr′vē] adv., adj. [earlier topsy tervy, prob. < top, highest part + ME terven, to roll] 1. upside down; in a reversed condition 2. in confusion or disorder n. 1. a topsy turvy condition; inverted state 2. a state of confusion topsy… …   English World dictionary

  • topsy-turvy — 1520s, but prob. in popular use from an earlier period [OED], likely from tops, plural of TOP (Cf. top) (n.1) highest point + obsolete terve turn upside down, topple over, from O.E. tearflian to roll over, overturn, from P.Gmc. *terbanan (Cf. O.H …   Etymology dictionary

  • topsy-turvy — [adj] mixed up chaotic, cluttered, cockeyed, confused, disarranged, disheveled, disjointed, dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, downside up*, inside out, inverted, jumbled, littered, messy, muddled, overturned, pell mell*, riotous,… …   New thesaurus

  • topsy-turvy — ► ADJECTIVE & ADVERB 1) upside down. 2) in a state of confusion. ORIGIN apparently from TOP(Cf. ↑topmost) and obsolete terve «overturn» …   English terms dictionary

  • Topsy-Turvy — This article is about the 1999 film. For the Sing Along Songs video, see Disney Sing Along Songs. Infobox Film name = Topsy Turvy image size = 185px caption = DVD cover director = Mike Leigh producer = Simon Channing Williams writer = Mike Leigh… …   Wikipedia

  • Topsy-Turvy — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Topsy Turvy Auf den Kopf gestellt Originaltitel Topsy Turvy …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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