What does upside-down mean?
Definitions for upside-down
up·side-down
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word upside-down.
Princeton's WordNet
inverted, upside-downadverb
being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
"a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake"
upside downadverb
in an inverted manner
"the box was lying on the floor upside down"
ChatGPT
upside-down
Upside-down refers to the position where something is turned so that the part which is usually at the top is now at the bottom, or with the upper surface facing downward. It generally means inverting the usual order, direction, or arrangement of something. It can also refer to a state of confusion or disorder.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of upside-down in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of upside-down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of upside-down in a Sentence
The best tree to use for the upside down tree is a 4-foot noble pine or noble fir, because the branches stick out very straight, do the lights on it first before the ornaments, or you will just end up crying.
It touched me when it happened in real time, because I could see George Floyd begging to live. Begging to live. Let me breathe. They had a knee on George Floyd neck and the other two( officers) just standing there, can you imagine if that had been a Black policeman on a White man's neck ? You can bet the nation would have been turned upside down.
If you were an American who loved this country, you'd put the mosques on notice, you'd tell them, 'If you don't turn over the extremists and the jihadists within your midst then we'll set the FBI on you. We'll turn your mosques upside down. We'll make your lives a living hell until you rat out those who have declared war on America.' But instead you threaten the family and friends of the victims of your failure to identify and prosecute those who've sworn to kill anyone who doesn't pledge allegiance to their insane jihad.
I got what I though was the right degree, the right career path. ... I totally did not know that my whole life was about to get turned upside down.
I just got to a point in the last two years of being so frustrated and really infuriated at how The Republicans, and especially the President Donald Trump administration and our representative here, Lee Zeldin, were ignoring science and ignoring facts and evidence and had their priorities so upside down and backwards, that they were hurting people, and that was before Covid-19.
Translations for upside-down
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- הפוךHebrew
Get even more translations for upside-down »
Translation
Find a translation for the upside-down definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"upside-down." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/upside-down>.
Discuss these upside-down definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In