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bed·lam  (bdlm)

n.

1. A place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion.

2. often Bedlam Archaic An insane asylum.

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[Middle English Bedlem, Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, an institution in London for the mentally ill.]

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bedlam [ˈbɛdləm]

n

1. a noisy confused place or situation; state of uproar his speech caused bedlam

2. (Psychiatry) Archaic a lunatic asylum; madhouse

[C13 bedlem, bethlem, after the Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem in London]

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bedlam - The word bedlam is a contraction of Bethlehem, a hospital in London that became a lunatic asylum.

See also related terms for hospital.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bedlam - a state of extreme confusion and disorder chaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness confusion - disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion" balagan - a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian); "it was utter and complete balagan!"
	2.	Bedlam - pejorative terms for an insane asylum booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, asylum, institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

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bedlam

noun pandemonium, noise, confusion, chaos, turmoil, clamour, furore, uproar, commotion, rumpus, babel, tumult, hubbub, ruction (informal), hullabaloo, hue and cry, ruckus (informal) He is causing bedlam at the hotel.

Translations

bedlam [ˈbedləm] N

1. (= uproar) → alboroto m
it was sheer bedlam → la confusión era total
bedlam broke out → se armó la de San Quintín

2. (Hist) (= asylum) → manicomio m

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bedlam [ˈbɛdləm] n (= noise) → chahut m (= chaos) → cirque m
It's bedlam in here! → Quel cirque là-dedans! >
bed linen n → linge m de lit

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bedlam

n (fig: = uproar) → Chaos nt; in the classroom it was absolute bedlam → in der Klasse ging es zu wie im Irrenhaus

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bedlam [ˈbɛdləm] n → baraonda

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bedlam

n bedlam [ˈbedləm]

(a place of) noise, confusion or uproar Their house is bedlam. lawaaierig مُسْتَشْفى مجانين، مكان فيه هَرْجٌ ومَرْج хаос blázinec postyr; kaos; virvar das Tollhaus χάος, τρελοκομείο (μτφ.) manicomio, gallinero hullumaja غلغله؛ همهمه sekasorto chahut מְהוּמָה शोरगुल buka, galama tébolyda kegemparan hávaði manicomio; confusione 大混乱 대소동 beprotnamis trakomāja; juceklis riuh-rendah gekkenhuis galehus, hurlumhei, spetakkel dom wariatów confusão bala­muc бедлам blázinec kraval ludnica tumult, kaos, kalabalik สถานที่โกลาหลอลหม่าน tımarhane 喧鬧吵雜(的地方) бедлам شوروغل cảnh hỗn loạn 喧闹声