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
To fashion the quintessential NYC set, Hollywood was the only way to go
Hitchcock briefly considered shooting on location, but the filmmaker soon realized his vision would conflict with the bedlam of the Big Apple.
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Nathan Smith, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2025
Farmingdale, New York — After a weekend of absolute bedlam at Bethpage, the dust is settling on an extraordinary Ryder Cup competition.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
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.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 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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Nathan Smith, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2025
Farmingdale, New York — After a weekend of absolute bedlam at Bethpage, the dust is settling on an extraordinary Ryder Cup competition.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
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.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 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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Given her reputation and TikTok-famous opener Ella Langley, the badge line was a madhouse.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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As a teen-ager, Batten was the president of Animal Connection of Texas, an animal-rights nonprofit, and lobbied for restrictions on travelling circuses.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps no one had more fun on Wednesday than Darius Garland, who blew kisses after each of his five 3-pointers, converted a handful of circus shots and finished with 24 points on 9-of-16 shooting to go with six assists.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Despite the initial commotion, Julie’s case went cold.—
Annalise Peterson,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2026
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During the commotion, Gamel Kheir, the mosque’s secretary, pleaded for calm.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Bedlam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedlam. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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