Dictionary.com

pandemonium

[ pan-duh-moh-nee-uhm ]
/ ˌpæn dəˈmoʊ ni əm /
Save This Word!

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.
QUIZ
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?
There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?
Question 1 of 7
Which sentence is correct?

Origin of pandemonium

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

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/, adjectivepan·de·mo·ni·an, adjective, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use pandemonium in a sentence

  • 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 pandemonium

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
FEEDBACK