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bedlam

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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.

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

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bedlambedlam - a state of extreme confusion and disorder
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.bedlamBedlam - pejorative terms for an insane asylum
mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, asylum, institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

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 bedlamla confusión era total
bedlam broke outse armó la de San Quintín
2. (Hist) (= asylum) → manicomio m

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

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

bedlam [ˈbɛdləm] nbaraonda
bedlam [ˈbɛdləm] nbaraonda

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


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Suddenly, from a distance, came a bedlam of noise that made Michael prick up his ears and bristle with premonition of fresh disaster.
The poor lady started from her sleep with as much amazement as terror, and beheld at her bedside a figure which might very well be supposed to have escaped out of Bedlam.
and kept up a din and a racket that was worse than Bedlam itself.
 
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