"pandemonium" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpændəˈmoʊni.əm/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-pandemonium.ogg [US], en-au-pandemonium.ogg [Australia] Forms: pandemoniums [plural], pandemonia [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊniəm Etymology: Coined by John Milton in "Paradise Lost" as Pandæmonium, from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + Late Latin daemonium (“evil spirit, demon”), from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion, “deity”). Etymology templates: {{coin|en|John Milton}} Coined by John Milton, {{m|en|Pandæmonium}} Pandæmonium, {{der|en|grc|πᾶν||all}} Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”), {{m+|en|pan-}} English pan-, {{der|en|LL.|daemonium||evil spirit, demon}} Late Latin daemonium (“evil spirit, demon”), {{der|en|grc|δαιμόνιον||deity}} Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion, “deity”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|pandemonia}} pandemonium (countable and uncountable, plural pandemoniums or pandemonia)
  1. A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: chaos, bedlam Translations (chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder): хаос (haos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kasibaw (Cebuano), pandemonium [neuter] (Dutch), heksenketel [masculine] (Dutch), sekasorto (Finnish), kaaos (Finnish), chaos [masculine] (French), pandemonio [masculine] (Galician), Tohuwabohu [neuter] (German), Tumult [masculine] (German), Anarchie [feminine] (German), Hexensabbat (english: exalted) [masculine] (German), πανδαιμόνιο (pandaimónio) [neuter] (Greek), χαμός (chamós) [masculine] (Greek), της τρελής (tis trelís) (Greek), ringulreið [feminine] (Icelandic), pandemonium [neuter] (Polish), pandemônio [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), pandemónio [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), caos [masculine] (Portuguese), pandemoniu [neuter] (Romanian), haos [neuter] (Romanian), kaguluhan (Tagalog), شور (śor) (Urdu), افراتفری (afrā-tafrī) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-pandemonium-en-noun-478XaDtT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pan- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pan-: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder': 92 8
  2. An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: outburst, uproar Translations (an outburst; loud, riotous uproar): kasibaw (Cebuano), pandemonium [neuter] (Dutch), heksenketel [masculine] (Dutch), mekastus (Finnish), chaos [masculine] (French), charivari [masculine] (French), tumulte [masculine] (French), chahut [masculine] (French), tohu-bohu [masculine] (French), Aufruhr [masculine] (German), Gewaltausbruch [masculine] (German), Hexensabbat (english: exalted) [masculine] (German), πανδαιμόνιο (pandaimónio) [neuter] (Greek), confusão [feminine] (Portuguese), balbúrdia [feminine] (Portuguese), tumulto [masculine] (Portuguese), haos [neuter] (Romanian), kaguluhan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-pandemonium-en-noun-ohBsZTuz Disambiguation of 'an outburst; loud, riotous uproar': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pandaemonium, pandæmonium Derived forms: fandemonium, pandamonium, pandemoniac, pandemoniacal, pandemonian, pandemonic, pandemonious, pandemonium architecture, pandemonium effect Related terms: Pandæmonium, all hell breaks loose

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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
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          "english": "exalted",
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          "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
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          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
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          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tumulte"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chahut"
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        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tohu-bohu"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Aufruhr"
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          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Gewaltausbruch"
        },
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          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "exalted",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "25 75",
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          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "confusão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "balbúrdia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tumulto"
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        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
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            "neuter"
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          "_dis1": "25 75",
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
          "word": "kaguluhan"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˌpændəˈmoʊni.əm/",
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        "General-American"
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    },
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      "word": "pandamonium"
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      "word": "pandemoniac"
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      "word": "pandemoniacal"
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    {
      "word": "pandemonian"
    },
    {
      "word": "pandemonic"
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    {
      "word": "pandemonious"
    },
    {
      "word": "pandemonium architecture"
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    {
      "word": "pandemonium effect"
    }
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "pandemoni",
            "nolb": "1"
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          "expansion": "pandemoni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: pandemònium, pandemoni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "pandemonium",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Dutch: pandemonium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: pandemonium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pandémonium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: pandémonium\n→ Romanian: pandemoniu",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: pandémonium\n→ Romanian: pandemoniu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Pandämonium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Pandämonium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Pandämonium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πανδαιμόνιο",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: πανδαιμόνιο (pandaimónio)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: πανδαιμόνιο (pandaimónio)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "pandemonio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: pandemonio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: pandemonio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "pandemonium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: pandemonium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: pandemonium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "pandemonium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: pandemonium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: pandemonium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "pandemónio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: pandemónio",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "pandemônio",
            "nolb": "1",
            "q": "Brazil"
          },
          "expansion": "(Brazil) pandemônio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: pandemónio, (Brazil) pandemônio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "pandemónium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: pandemónium",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "pandemonio",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "pandemonio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: pandemónium, pandemonio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "pandemonium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: pandemonium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: pandemonium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "пандемониум",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: пандемониум (pandemonium)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: пандемониум (pandemonium)"
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        {
          "word": "uproar"
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpændəˈmoʊni.əm/",
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        "General-American"
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      "word": "pandæmonium"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "haos",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хаос"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "word": "kasibaw"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pandemonium"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heksenketel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "word": "sekasorto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "word": "kaaos"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chaos"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pandemonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tohuwabohu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tumult"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anarchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "exalted",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hexensabbat"
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      "roman": "pandaimónio",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πανδαιμόνιο"
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      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χαμός"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tis trelís",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
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      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ringulreið"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pandemonium"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pandemônio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pandemónio"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caos"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "pandemoniu"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "word": "kaguluhan"
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "śor",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "word": "شور"
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    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "afrā-tafrī",
      "sense": "chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder",
      "word": "افراتفری"
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    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "word": "kasibaw"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pandemonium"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heksenketel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "word": "mekastus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chaos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "charivari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tumulte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chahut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tohu-bohu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufruhr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gewaltausbruch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "exalted",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hexensabbat"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pandaimónio",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πανδαιμόνιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "confusão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balbúrdia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tumulto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "haos"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "an outburst; loud, riotous uproar",
      "word": "kaguluhan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Paradise Lost"
  ],
  "word": "pandemonium"
}

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