pandemonium
Wild noise and complete confusion everywhere.
pandemonium in a sentence
- When a pigeon flew into the classroom, there was total pandemonium.
- Pandemonium broke out at the farm when the piglets escaped and raced between everyone's legs.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to pandemonium?
- Apeace
- Bcalm
- Corder
- Dchaos
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D: chaos. The other three mean the opposite of pandemonium.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to pandemonium?
- Auproar
- Bcalm
- Cchaos
- Dracket
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B: calm. The other three mean nearly the same as pandemonium.
Words that mean something similar
chaos, uproar, racket
Words that mean the opposite
calm, peace, order
More words about speech & sound
- persuade: To talk someone into doing or believing something.
- plead: To beg for something in a very serious way.
- pledge: A serious promise to do something.
- proclaim: To announce something important loudly and publicly.
- protest: To speak out or act to show you strongly disagree with something.
- quarrel: An angry argument between people.
- query: A question, especially one asking for information.
- quibble: To argue about tiny things that do not matter.
More words to explore
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