as in madhouse
a place of uproar or confusion
there's no way I can get any reading done in this bedlam, so I'm going to the library
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Recent Examples of bedlam
No disrespect to those who missed it, but those early screenings of Roland Emmerich's Independence Day were barely contained bedlam.
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 4 July 2025
The overthrow of Yemen’s government hatched Houthi dominance; the fall of Libya’s Muammar al-Qaddafi yielded bedlam, instability, and violence.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
Now, Trump’s tariffs, volatility in the dollar and bedlam in the U.S. Treasury market are sending intensifying headwinds China’s way.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Not that anybody would have noticed amid the bedlam and the throb of Newcastle’s grand, old stadium.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 4 July 2025
The overthrow of Yemen’s government hatched Houthi dominance; the fall of Libya’s Muammar al-Qaddafi yielded bedlam, instability, and violence.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
Now, Trump’s tariffs, volatility in the dollar and bedlam in the U.S. Treasury market are sending intensifying headwinds China’s way.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Not that anybody would have noticed amid the bedlam and the throb of Newcastle’s grand, old stadium.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedlam
Noun
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The madhouse of awards season and all its many, many controversies — not to mention an ongoing parade of natural and man-made disasters — has until now perhaps overshadowed some of the year’s lower-stakes joys.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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But things move fast in the Goodison madhouse.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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There will also be a nightly circus show featuring aerialists, acrobats, clowns, jugglers and motorcycle stunt riders.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 July 2025
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The story goes that a circus train derailed near the spring, resulting in the escape of two animals dubbed The Wolfmen of Borneo.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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Kernodle put up a fight, and the commotion got the attention of surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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There were two other roommates in the home at the time of the killings that both survived and reported seeing the suspect and hearing commotion that night.—
Gabe Whisnant
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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“Bedlam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedlam. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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