madhousenoun
uk/ˈmæd.haʊs/us/ˈmæd.haʊs/[ S ] informal disapproving a place where there is no order and control:
With four small children running around, the place is a madhouse.
He called the government's policy "the economics of the madhouse".
[ C ] old use a mental hospital
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Social order & disorder
- anarchic
- anarchism
- anarchist
- anarchy
- ASBO
- breach
- disturb
- havoc
- instability
- lawless
- mayhem
- organized chaos
- pandemonium
- strife
- tinderbox
- turbulence
- turbulent
- turmoil
- unrest
- upheaval
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