top·sy-tur·vy
ˌtäp-sē-ˈtər-vē 
1
: in utter confusion or disorder
2
: with the top or head downward : upside down
: turned topsy-turvy : totally disordered
Examples of topsy-turvy in a Sentence
Adjective
the office is still topsy-turvy even though we moved in months ago
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 26 Mar. 2025
Here’s how the topsy-turvy weather will unfold this week:
Half a year’s worth of rain could fall in South Texas
Up to half a year’s worth of rain will drench parts of South Texas starting late Wednesday as a storm develops in northern Mexico and taps into plentiful Gulf moisture.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
Pinsker’s characters always make the best of tricky situations, which only makes their struggles in her topsy-turvy worlds more heartbreaking.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
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Adverb
The quietest in the bunch, she’s often been defined by her dynamic with Gizelle and her topsy-turvy relationship with her husband, Juan Dixon.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 26 Mar. 2025
Here’s how the topsy-turvy weather will unfold this week:
Half a year’s worth of rain could fall in South Texas
Up to half a year’s worth of rain will drench parts of South Texas starting late Wednesday as a storm develops in northern Mexico and taps into plentiful Gulf moisture.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
Within that film’s topsy-turvy multiverse, Quan was by turns a laundromat owner on the verge of divorcing his wife, a dashing romantic lead and an action hero.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
Pinsker’s characters always make the best of tricky situations, which only makes their struggles in her topsy-turvy worlds more heartbreaking.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
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“Topsy-turvy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topsy-turvy. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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