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madhouse

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mad·house  (mdhous)
n.
1. Offensive An institution for the mentally ill.
2. Informal A place of great disorder and confusion.
madhouse
Noun
Informal
1. a state of uproar or confusion
2. Old-fashioned a mental hospital
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.madhousemadhouse - 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
Spanish madhouse [ˈmædhaus] n (also fig) → manicomio
French madhouse [ˈmædhaus] n (also fig) → maison f de fous
German madhouse [ˈmædhaus] n (also fig) → Irrenhaus nt
Italian madhouse [ˈmædhaus] n (also fig) → manicomio
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In the madhouse at Seville there was a man whom his relations had placed there as being out of his mind.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
In 1816, the grenadier Fleuriot was at an inn in Strasburg, where she went after making her escape from the madhouse.
Adieu by de Balzac, Honore View in context
The workhouse first, perhaps--and then the madhouse.
The New Magdalen by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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