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pandemonium

American  
[pan-duh-moh-nee-uhm] / ˌpæn dəˈmoʊ ni əm /

noun

  1. wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.

    Synonyms:
    babel, turmoil, bedlam

  2. a place or scene of riotous uproar or utter chaos.

    Synonyms:
    babel, turmoil, bedlam

  3. (often initial capital letter) the abode of all the demons.

  4. hell.

pandemonium British  
/ ˌpændɪˈmɒnɪk, ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm /

noun

  1. wild confusion; uproar

  2. a place of uproar and chaos

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Other Word Forms

  • pandemoniac adjective
  • pandemoniacal adjective
  • pandemonian adjective
  • pandemonic adjective

Etymology

Origin of pandemonium

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

Example Sentences

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None of these treatments make clear sense — mainly because they aren’t real — but that’s exactly Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso’s point: Fame is all make-believe pandemonium and there is no real recovery from it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The secretary has worked to make herself the face of these invasions, which have invariably led to pandemonium.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Amine Adli prodded home to make it 3-2 with nearly the last touch of the game after a scramble in the box following a long throw, sparking scenes of pandemonium.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Kiffin, now the head coach at Ole Miss, has somehow caused an outbreak of total pandemonium at three of the proudest college football programs in the country—including his own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

I told him to escort the rest of my delegation in first because I feared that when I went in there would be pandemonium and they would be cut off.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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