topsy-turvy
in utter disorder (Freq. 1) - a disorderly pile of clothes • Syn: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled • Similar to: untidy • Derivationally related forms: topsy-turvyness, hugger-mugger (for: hugger-mugger), disorderliness (for: disorderly)
1. in disorderly haste - we ran head over heels toward the shelter • Syn: head over heels, heels over head, topsy-turvily, in great confusion 2. in a disordered manner - they were piled up higgledy-piggledy • Syn: higgledy-piggledy
|
|