Synonyms for madhouse
ˈmædˌhaʊs; -ˌhaʊ zɪzmad·house

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1. Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pitnoun

   pejorative terms for an insane asylum

   Synonyms:
   loony bin, crazy house, sanitarium, hellhole, hell, hell on earth, chaos, cuckoo's nest, nut house, sanatorium, nuthouse, the pits, topsy-turvyness, funny farm, topsy-turvydom, sanatarium, inferno, funny house, pandemonium, snake pit, booby hatch

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1. • Mental Hospital

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1. madhousenoun

   Synonyms:
   bedlam, lunatic hospital, lunatic asylum, hospital for the insane

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1. madhousenoun

   Synonyms:
   bedlam, insane asylum

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1. List of paraphrases for "madhouse":

   nuthouse, circus, asylum

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1. Johann von Goethe:

   Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse.

2. Johann von Goethe:

   We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

3. Cindy Ramon:

   From then it was a madhouse, they started going out rescuing people in all parts of Houston. That’s where it started from and it’s been non-stop.

4. R. D. Laing:

   When I certify someone insane, I am not equivocating when I write that he is of unsound mind, may be dangerous to himself and others, and requires care and attention in a mental hospital. However, at the same time, I am also aware that, in my opinion, there are other people who are regarded as sane, whose minds are as radically unsound, who may be equally or more dangerous to themselves and others and whom society does not regard as psychotic and fit persons to be in a madhouse.

5. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

   We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.