pandemonium

plural pandemoniums · plural pandemonia · alternative pandaemonium · alternative pandæmonium

1. countableuncountableA loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.

   Whatever all this pandemonium means, I suppose the police station will help us.

   1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 259

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   I shall go round to the office and complain. I'll tell you what it is, Mr. Belting: these mansions are becoming a pandemonium, sir, a veritable pandemonium.

   1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

   Whenever you have violent pandemonium, there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.

   2004 October 22, The Boston Globe

   Synonyms: chaos, bedlam

2. countableuncountableAn outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.

   Riyad Mahrez flighted the free-kick that followed to the far post and Morgan, with not much finesse but plenty of desire, bundled the ball over the line. Cue pandemonium in the stands.

   2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2023

   Synonyms: outburst, uproar

3. collectivecountableuncountableA group of parrots

   A pandemonium of parrots in a Pasadena tree.

   2023 November 6, Jacob Margolis, “Who’s Capturing Parrots With Nets In Temple City?”, in LAist, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026

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   Clara laughed-"I know!"-and told her about the pandemoniums of parrots that live in the treetops above Los Angeles.

   2021, Mary Fifield, Fire & Water: Stories from the Anthropocene, Black LAwrence Press

   Seen a wild pandemonium of parrots lately? Report it immediately.

   2024 March 22, DWeisman, “Tracking the wild parrots of San Diego County”, in The Escondido Grapevine