"upside down" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/ (note: careful speech), /ˌʌpsaɪˈdaʊn/ (note: careful speech) Audio: en-us-upside down.ogg [US]
Etymology: Alteration of earlier up so down, from Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne (“upside down”), equivalent to up + so + down ("up as down"). Etymology templates: {{m|en|up so down}} up so down, {{inh|en|enm|up-so-doun}} Middle English up-so-doun, {{m|enm|upsedowne}} upsedowne, {{m|enm|upsadowne|t=upside down}} upsadowne (“upside down”), {{af|en|up|so|down}} up + so + down, {{gloss|"up as down"}} ("up as down") Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} upside down (not comparable)
  1. Inverted; turned so that the top is at the bottom. Tags: not-comparable Translations (inverted): bulagsok (Bikol Central), bugsok (Bikol Central), suwi (Bikol Central), обърнат (obǎrnat) (Bulgarian), a l'inrevés (Catalan), cap per avall (Catalan), omvendt (Danish), omgekeerd (Dutch), op z'n kop (Dutch), ylösalainen (Finnish), à l’envers (French), ανάποδος (anápodos) (Greek), הָפוּךְ (hafúch) [masculine] (Hebrew), fordított (Hungarian), megfordított (Hungarian), fejjel lefelé fordított (Hungarian), tunsang (Iban), bun os cionn (Irish), invertito (Italian), inverso (Italian), capovolto (Italian), rovesciato (Italian), a testa in giù (Italian), 逆さ (sakasa) (Japanese), 逆さま (sakasama) (Japanese), وارون (varun) (Ottoman Turkish), de cabeça para baixo (Portuguese), de ponta-cabeça (Portuguese), obrátený (Slovak), al revés (Spanish), uppochnedvänd (Swedish), uppochnervänd (Swedish), altüst (Turkish), lộn ngược (Vietnamese), wyneb i waered (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-upside_down-en-adj-g4svRixi Disambiguation of 'inverted': 95 3 2
  2. In great disorder. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-upside_down-en-adj-pM3UteH5
  3. (finance) Owing more money for something than it is worth; having negative equity. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms: up so down (14th-16th centuries), downside up Synonyms (having negative equity): underwater Derived forms: turn one's life upside down, turn one's world upside down, turn the frown upside down, turn upside down, upside-down cake, upside-down fire, upside down fridge, upside-down income statement, upside-down tree
    Sense id: en-upside_down-en-adj-wU1ZfDD5 Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'having negative equity': 2 2 96

Adverb

IPA: /ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/ (note: careful speech), /ˌʌpsaɪˈdaʊn/ (note: careful speech) Audio: en-us-upside down.ogg [US]
Etymology: Alteration of earlier up so down, from Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne (“upside down”), equivalent to up + so + down ("up as down"). Etymology templates: {{m|en|up so down}} up so down, {{inh|en|enm|up-so-doun}} Middle English up-so-doun, {{m|enm|upsedowne}} upsedowne, {{m|enm|upsadowne|t=upside down}} upsadowne (“upside down”), {{af|en|up|so|down}} up + so + down, {{gloss|"up as down"}} ("up as down") Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} upside down (not comparable)
  1. Inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (inverted): bottom-upwards, topsy-turvy Translations (inverted): գլխիվայր (glxivayr) (Armenian), թարս (tʿars) (Armenian), շուռ տված (šuṙ tvac) (Armenian), ওলোটা (ülüta) (Assamese), наопаки (naopaki) (Bulgarian), a l'inrevés (Catalan), (faan²) (Chinese Cantonese), (fǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), vzhůru nohama (Czech), omvendt (Danish), på hovedet (Danish), ondersteboven (Dutch), kummuli (Estonian), ylösalaisin (Finnish), nurinperin (Finnish), à l'envers (French), sens dessus dessous (French), cabeza abaixo (Galician), თავდაყირა (tavdaq̇ira) (Georgian), auf dem Kopf (German), verkehrt herum (German), verkehrt rum (German), umgekehrt (German), ανάποδα (anápoda) (Greek), tèt anba (Haitian Creole), הָפוּךְ (hafúch) [masculine] (Hebrew), fejjel lefelé (Hungarian), tunsang (Iban), á hvolfi (Icelandic), bunoscionn (Irish), a rovescio (Italian), sottosopra (Italian), al rovescio (Italian), a testa in giù (Italian), al contrario (Italian), 逆さに (sakasa ni) (Japanese), 逆さまに (sakasama ni) (Japanese), 거꾸로 (geokkuro) (Korean), inversus (Latin), kōaro (Maori), sernişîv (Northern Kurdish), serberjêr (Northern Kurdish), nixûm (Northern Kurdish), opp ned (Norwegian Bokmål), opp ned (Norwegian Nynorsk), do góry nogami (Polish), de cabeça para baixo (Portuguese), de ponta-cabeça (Portuguese), ਪੁੱਠਾ (puṭṭhā) (Punjabi), cu fundul în sus (Romanian), cu susul în jos (Romanian), вверх дно́м (vverx dnóm) (Russian), вверх нога́ми (vverx nogámi) (Russian), кверх нога́ми (kverx nogámi) [colloquial] (Russian), bun-os-cionn (Scottish Gaelic), naopak (Slovak), dole hlavou (Slovak), hore nohami (Slovak), al revés (Spanish), boca abajo (Spanish), bocabajo (Spanish), de cabeza (Spanish), upp och ner (Swedish), uppochner (Swedish), upp och ned (Swedish), uppochned (Swedish), tumbalik (Tagalog), tiwarik (Tagalog), догори́ дри́ґом (dohorý drýgom) (Ukrainian), вверх дно́м (vverx dnóm) (Ukrainian), вверх нога́ми (vverx nohámy) (Ukrainian), lộn ngược (Vietnamese), cou å hôt (Walloon), ben ucha'n isa' (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-upside_down-en-adv-guprZ72x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English oxymorons, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 3 12 52 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 5 11 54 4 Disambiguation of English oxymorons: 19 7 13 54 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 22 7 13 53 5 Disambiguation of 'inverted': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'inverted': 96 4
  2. In great disorder. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in great disorder): sekaisin (Finnish), ylösalaisin (Finnish), sotkussa (Finnish), sens dessus dessous (French), άνω κάτω (áno káto) (Greek), הָפוּךְ (hafúch) [masculine] (Hebrew), szanaszét (Hungarian), trí chéile (Irish), sottosopra (Italian), a soqquadro (Italian), serûbin (Northern Kurdish), tarûmar (Northern Kurdish), do góry nogami (Polish), de pernas para o ar (Portuguese), pe dos (Romanian), кувырко́м (kuvyrkóm) (Russian), awhummle (Scots), hore nohami (Slovak), de cabeza (Spanish), patas arriba (Spanish), upp och ned (Swedish), đổ lộn (Vietnamese), cou dzeu cou dzo (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-upside_down-en-adv-pM3UteH5 Disambiguation of 'in great disorder': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reverse [rare], up so down, upside down, upsidown [obsolete], upsy-down [dialectal] Hypernyms: contrarily Hyponyms: arse over tip [British, idiomatic, vulgar], arse over tit [British, idiomatic, vulgar], ass over teakettle [idiomatic, vulgar], base over apex [idiomatic], head over heels [idiomatic]

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1937, “A Foggy Day (In London Town)”, Ira Gershwin (lyrics), George Gershwin (music)",
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          "word": "ওলোটা"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "word": "a l'inrevés"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "faan²",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "omvendt"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "på hovedet"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "ondersteboven"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "kummuli"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "ylösalaisin"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "à l'envers"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "sens dessus dessous"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "cabeza abaixo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "tavdaq̇ira",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "თავდაყირა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "auf dem Kopf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "verkehrt herum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "verkehrt rum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "umgekehrt"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anápoda",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "ανάποδα"
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          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "tèt anba"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hafúch",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "fejjel lefelé"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "iba",
          "lang": "Iban",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "tunsang"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "á hvolfi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "bunoscionn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "a rovescio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "sottosopra"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "al rovescio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "a testa in giù"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "al contrario"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sakasa ni",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "逆さに"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sakasama ni",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "逆さまに"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geokkuro",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "거꾸로"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "sernişîv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "serberjêr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "nixûm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "inversus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "kōaro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "opp ned"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "opp ned"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "do góry nogami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "de cabeça para baixo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "de ponta-cabeça"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "puṭṭhā",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "ਪੁੱਠਾ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "cu fundul în sus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "cu susul în jos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vverx dnóm",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "вверх дно́м"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vverx nogámi",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "вверх нога́ми"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kverx nogámi",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "кверх нога́ми"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "bun-os-cionn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "naopak"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "dole hlavou"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "hore nohami"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "al revés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "boca abajo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "inverted",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "inverted",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "inverted",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "inverted",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "tiwarik"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dohorý drýgom",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "догори́ дри́ґом"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "inverted",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "word": "a soqquadro"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
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          "word": "tunsang"
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          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "ga",
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
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        {
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          "code": "it",
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        "2": "upsedowne"
      },
      "expansion": "upsedowne",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "upsadowne",
        "t": "upside down"
      },
      "expansion": "upsadowne (“upside down”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "up",
        "3": "so",
        "4": "down"
      },
      "expansion": "up + so + down",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "\"up as down\""
      },
      "expansion": "(\"up as down\")",
      "name": "gloss"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of earlier up so down, from Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne (“upside down”), equivalent to up + so + down (\"up as down\").",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "upside down (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "word": "contrarily"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "idiomatic",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "arse over tip"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "idiomatic",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "arse over tit"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "ass over teakettle"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "base over apex"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "head over heels"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Union flag was flying upside down, a sign of danger.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1937, “A Foggy Day (In London Town)”, Ira Gershwin (lyrics), George Gershwin (music)",
          "text": "For, suddenly, I saw you there / And through foggy London town / The sun was shining upside down!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Inverted",
          "invert"
        ],
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "bottom",
          "bottom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The thief had turned the room upside down."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In great disorder."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disorder",
          "disorder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/",
      "note": "careful speech"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌʌpsaɪˈdaʊn/",
      "note": "careful speech"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-upside down.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/En-us-upside_down.ogg/En-us-upside_down.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/En-us-upside_down.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bottom-upwards"
    },
    {
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "topsy-turvy"
    },
    {
      "word": "up so down (14th-16th centuries)"
    },
    {
      "word": "downside up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "reverse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "word": "up so down"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "word": "upside down"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "upsidown"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "upsy-down"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "glxivayr",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "գլխիվայր"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʿars",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "թարս"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šuṙ tvac",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "շուռ տված"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "ülüta",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ওলোটা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naopaki",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "наопаки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "a l'inrevés"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "faan²",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "反"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎn",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "反"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "vzhůru nohama"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "omvendt"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "på hovedet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ondersteboven"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "kummuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ylösalaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "nurinperin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "à l'envers"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "sens dessus dessous"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "cabeza abaixo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tavdaq̇ira",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "თავდაყირა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "auf dem Kopf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "verkehrt herum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "verkehrt rum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "umgekehrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anápoda",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ανάποδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "tèt anba"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hafúch",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הָפוּךְ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "fejjel lefelé"
    },
    {
      "code": "iba",
      "lang": "Iban",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "tunsang"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "á hvolfi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bunoscionn"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "a rovescio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "sottosopra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "al rovescio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "a testa in giù"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "al contrario"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakasa ni",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "逆さに"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakasama ni",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "逆さまに"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geokkuro",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "거꾸로"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "sernişîv"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "serberjêr"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "nixûm"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "inversus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "kōaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "opp ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "opp ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "do góry nogami"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "de cabeça para baixo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "de ponta-cabeça"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "puṭṭhā",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ਪੁੱਠਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "cu fundul în sus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "cu susul în jos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vverx dnóm",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "вверх дно́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vverx nogámi",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "вверх нога́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kverx nogámi",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "кверх нога́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bun-os-cionn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "naopak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "dole hlavou"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "hore nohami"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "al revés"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "boca abajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bocabajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "de cabeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "upp och ner"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "uppochner"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "upp och ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "uppochned"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "tumbalik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "tiwarik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dohorý drýgom",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "догори́ дри́ґом"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vverx dnóm",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "вверх дно́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vverx nohámy",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "вверх нога́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "lộn ngược"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "cou å hôt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ben ucha'n isa'"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "sekaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "ylösalaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "sotkussa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "sens dessus dessous"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "áno káto",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "άνω κάτω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hafúch",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הָפוּךְ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "szanaszét"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "trí chéile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "sottosopra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "a soqquadro"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "serûbin"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "tarûmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "do góry nogami"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "de pernas para o ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "pe dos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kuvyrkóm",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "кувырко́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "awhummle"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "hore nohami"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "de cabeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "patas arriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "upp och ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "đổ lộn"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "cou dzeu cou dzo"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Upside Down (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "upside down"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English compound terms",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English oxymorons",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncomparable adverbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "turn one's life upside down"
    },
    {
      "word": "turn one's world upside down"
    },
    {
      "word": "turn the frown upside down"
    },
    {
      "word": "turn upside down"
    },
    {
      "word": "upside-down cake"
    },
    {
      "word": "upside-down fire"
    },
    {
      "word": "upside down fridge"
    },
    {
      "word": "upside-down income statement"
    },
    {
      "word": "upside-down tree"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "up so down"
      },
      "expansion": "up so down",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "up-so-doun"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English up-so-doun",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "upsedowne"
      },
      "expansion": "upsedowne",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "upsadowne",
        "t": "upside down"
      },
      "expansion": "upsadowne (“upside down”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "up",
        "3": "so",
        "4": "down"
      },
      "expansion": "up + so + down",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "\"up as down\""
      },
      "expansion": "(\"up as down\")",
      "name": "gloss"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of earlier up so down, from Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne (“upside down”), equivalent to up + so + down (\"up as down\").",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "upside down (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The pattern resembled an upside down letter W."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Inverted; turned so that the top is at the bottom."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turned",
          "turned"
        ],
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "bottom",
          "bottom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1901, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, The lion's whelp: a story of Cromwell's time, page 248",
          "text": "The wenches and the men have been on the streets all day, and the kitchen is upside down. You never saw the like.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In great disorder."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disorder",
          "disorder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Finance"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He's upside down on his mortgage."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Owing more money for something than it is worth; having negative equity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "negative equity",
          "negative equity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(finance) Owing more money for something than it is worth; having negative equity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/",
      "note": "careful speech"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌʌpsaɪˈdaʊn/",
      "note": "careful speech"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-upside down.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/En-us-upside_down.ogg/En-us-upside_down.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/En-us-upside_down.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "having negative equity",
      "word": "underwater"
    },
    {
      "word": "up so down (14th-16th centuries)"
    },
    {
      "word": "downside up"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bulagsok"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bugsok"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "suwi"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obǎrnat",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "обърнат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "a l'inrevés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "cap per avall"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "omvendt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "omgekeerd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "op z'n kop"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ylösalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "à l’envers"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anápodos",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ανάποδος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hafúch",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הָפוּךְ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "fordított"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "megfordított"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "fejjel lefelé fordított"
    },
    {
      "code": "iba",
      "lang": "Iban",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "tunsang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bun os cionn"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "invertito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "inverso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "capovolto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "rovesciato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "a testa in giù"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakasa",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "逆さ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakasama",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "逆さま"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "varun",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "وارون"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "de cabeça para baixo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "de ponta-cabeça"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "obrátený"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "al revés"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "uppochnedvänd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "uppochnervänd"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "altüst"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "lộn ngược"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "wyneb i waered"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Upside Down (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "upside down"
}

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