pandemonium
noun
[ ˌpandɪˈməʊnɪəm ]
• wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar.
• "there was complete pandemonium—everyone just panicked"
Similar:
bedlam,
chaos,
mayhem,
uproar,
madness,
havoc,
turmoil,
tumult,
commotion,
confusion,
disorder,
anarchy,
furore,
frenzy,
clamour,
din,
hubbub,
hue and cry,
babel,
rumpus,
fracas,
hurly-burly,
maelstrom,
bangarang,
hullabaloo,
all hell breaking loose,
madhouse,
Origin:
mid 17th century: modern Latin (denoting the place of all demons, in Milton's Paradise Lost ), from pan- ‘all’ + Greek daimōn ‘demon’.
