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snake pit
snake pitn. Slang 1. A place full of disorder, lawlessness, and often malice.2. A mental hospital, especially one that is overcrowded and chaotic.snake′ pit` or snake′pit`,
n. 1. a mental hospital marked by squalor and inhumane or indifferent care for the patients. 2. an intensely chaotic or disagreeable place or situation. [after a novel with the same title (1946) by Mary Jane Ward (b. 1905), U.S. novelist] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  snake pit - any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";hell, hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, the pitsregion, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" | | 2. |  snake pit - pejorative terms for an insane asylumbooby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, Bedlammental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, asylum, institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
snake pit
Synonyms for snake pitnoun any place of pain and turmoilSynonyms- hell
- hell on earth
- hellhole
- inferno
- the pits
Related Wordsnoun pejorative terms for an insane asylumSynonyms- booby hatch
- crazy house
- cuckoo's nest
- funny farm
- funny house
- loony bin
- madhouse
- nut house
- nuthouse
- sanatorium
- Bedlam
Related Words- mental home
- mental hospital
- mental institution
- psychiatric hospital
- insane asylum
- asylum
- institution
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