madhouse

Plural: madhouses

Noun

• A psychiatric hospital; colloquially, a place of great confusion.
• pejorative terms for an insane asylum
• A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.
• A chaotic, uproarious, noisy place.

Examples

• The Words With Friends board became a MADHOUSE of intersecting words, making it hard to concentrate.

Synonyms

Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit, bedlam, bin, booby house, booby-hatch, bughouse, grippy sock vacation, happy hotel, insane asylum, laughing academy, lunatic asylum, madhouse, mental asylum, mental health center, mental health hospital, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, nutfarm, psych ward, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric ward, psychopathic hospital, special hospital, whack shack