as in bedlam
a place of uproar or confusion
our house is always a madhouse on school mornings, with five kids and two dogs running around
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Recent Examples of madhouse
But the Vaughns planned Records & Retro to be a cool all-day hang not just a Black Friday-type madhouse.
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Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 15 Oct. 2022
Michigan football on Saturday beat Ohio State, 45-23 in Columbus for the first time since 2000 and Twitter, understandably, was a madhouse.
—Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2022
The crowd kept up the energy for 60 minutes, turning the 87,451-seat stadium into a madhouse.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 13 Nov. 2022
The school year was winding down, which meant tests and grades and the usual madhouse rush.
—T. Coraghessan Boyle, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
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Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 15 Oct. 2022
Michigan football on Saturday beat Ohio State, 45-23 in Columbus for the first time since 2000 and Twitter, understandably, was a madhouse.
—Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2022
The crowd kept up the energy for 60 minutes, turning the 87,451-seat stadium into a madhouse.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 13 Nov. 2022
The school year was winding down, which meant tests and grades and the usual madhouse rush.
—T. Coraghessan Boyle, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madhouse
Noun
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And so a day that started in the relative oasis of a picturesque tennis court ends with the bedlam of a city gearing up for the mother of all parties.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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So many of us have spent these last few months running and thither from bad news to more bad news, from chaos to bedlam, from disbelief to shock.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
Noun
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That too is laughable, historians of the circus say.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Aug. 2025
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The problem for Ukraine is not how the circus of diplomacy plays out, but the horrors outside of the tent.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Madhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madhouse. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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