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View usage for: (mædhaʊs) Word forms: plural madhouses1. countable noun [usually singular]If you describe a place or situation as a madhouse, you mean that it is full of confusion and noise. That place is a madhouse. Synonyms: chaos, turmoil, bedlam, Babel More Synonyms of madhouse 2. countable nounA madhouse is a mental hospital. [old-fashioned] madhouse in British English (ˈmædˌhaʊs) noun informal1. offensive a psychiatric hospital 2. a state of uproar or confusion madhouse in American English (ˈmædˌhaus) nounWord forms: plural -houses (-ˌhauzɪz)1. often offensive a hospital for the treatment of people with mental illnesses 2. informal a wild, confused, and often noisy place, set of circumstances, etc The office was a madhouse today Word origin [1680–90; mad + house]Synonyms of 'madhouse'chaos, turmoil, bedlam, Babel psychiatric hospital, mental hospital, mental institution, lunatic asylum More Synonyms of madhouse Definition a state of uproar or confusion (informal) That place is a madhouse. Additional synonymsDefinition a noisy confused situation He is causing bedlam at the hotel. Synonyms pandemonium, noise, confusion, chaos, turmoil, clamour, furore, uproar, commotion, rumpus, babel, tumult, hubbub, ruction (informal), hullabaloo, hue and cry, ruckus (informal) Definition disorder, agitation, or confusion a year of political turmoil Synonyms confusion, trouble, violence, row, noise, stir, disorder, chaos, disturbance, upheaval, bustle, flurry, strife, disarray, uproar, turbulence, ferment, agitation, commotion, pandemonium, bedlam, tumult, hubbub, brouhaha - madden
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