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
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.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
Judge pulled his hands inside the pitch and launched a 373-foot line drive off the top of the left field foul pole, turning a three-run deficit into a 6-6 tie and turning Yankee Stadium into a madhouse.
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Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
But things move fast in the Goodison madhouse.
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Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
Judge pulled his hands inside the pitch and launched a 373-foot line drive off the top of the left field foul pole, turning a three-run deficit into a 6-6 tie and turning Yankee Stadium into a madhouse.
—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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
But things move fast in the Goodison madhouse.
—
Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for madhouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for madhouse
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Trump warns of ‘bedlam’ if no deal US officials have stressed that the framework is performance-based and that Iran’s new ability to sell oil could get rolled back if negotiations aren’t productive.
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The scene isn’t just a powder keg of tension that leads to frenzied bedlam; its cynical depiction of human self-preservation is far more terrifying than any horror movie monster.
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From a free, family-friendly circus to a look at life in space and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, there are a lot of great shows to catch this weekend in the Bay Area.
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In this case, this was a rare example of a relatively recent Broadway hit going out with a non-Equity cast; that means a company who are almost all either very early in their careers (the theatrical players) or from an adjacent discipline (the circus performers).
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“Madhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madhouse. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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