madhouse

mad·house  (mdhous)

n.

1. Offensive An institution for the mentally ill.

2. Informal A place of great disorder and confusion.

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madhouse

Noun

Informal

1. a state of uproar or confusion

2. Old-fashioned a mental hospital

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

madhouse - pejorative terms for an insane asylum booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit, Bedlam mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, asylum, institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Translations

madhouse [ˈmædhaus] n (also fig) → manicomio

madhouse [ˈmædhaus] n (also fig) → maison f de fous

madhouse [ˈmædhaus] n (also fig) → Irrenhaus nt

madhouse [ˈmædhaus] n (also fig) → manicomio