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
As if the landscape, literally and figuratively, hadn’t already been disrupted by the seismic shifts, and bedlam, of conference realignment — a force that in many ways rendered trivial what was most special about collegiate athletics.
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Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Just as much bedlam erupted here at Weird and Wild World HQ.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
Their journey to the Comiskey concert was typical of the bedlam that accompanied their performances.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The gym is a hive of organized bedlam: 50 or 60 children running basketball drills while laughing and talking mess in outdoor voices.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
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Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Just as much bedlam erupted here at Weird and Wild World HQ.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
Their journey to the Comiskey concert was typical of the bedlam that accompanied their performances.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The gym is a hive of organized bedlam: 50 or 60 children running basketball drills while laughing and talking mess in outdoor voices.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedlam
Noun
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In the fourth quarter, Soldier Field was an absolute madhouse with 60,000-plus waving towels, chewing fingernails, frothing at the mouth and … grating cheese?—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Instead of the orgiastic madhouse that fans of Monster and American Horror Story have grown accustomed to, Devil in Disguise is a somber affair, as aesthetically chilly as a December in Des Plaines, Illinois.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The idea of a 10% rate cap has all the seriousness of bread-and-circuses governance.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Now, four decades on, two new books return to the shooting, and to the circus that followed, from very different perspectives.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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During the commotion, the agent’s shaky cellphone video shows houses along the street and views of the sky.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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In the heat of the moment, though, Certa was clearly walking after one of the officials, but Shrewsberry came barreling in as the official turned around to see the commotion.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Bedlam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedlam. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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