'Madhouse' definitions:
Definition of 'madhouse'
(from WordNet)
noun
Pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit]
Definition of 'Madhouse'
From: GCIDE
- Madhouse \Mad"house`\, n.
- 1. An house or institution where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam; -- usually used in a deprecatory sense.
- Syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, insane asylum, loony bin, nuthouse, sanatorium. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: (fig.) A chaotic, raucus or highly disordered situation. [PJC]