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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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
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His second was an absolute pearl of a goal, setting off complete bedlam at Monterrey’s iconic Estadio BBVA, known as ‘The Steel Giant’.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
Noun
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There’s a great deal of variation across folk schools; students can learn filmmaking, circus arts, or even how to live like a Viking.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
25 July 2025
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The survey spans the breadth of U.K. entertainment, with respondents working across theater (84%), live events and concerts (34%), opera (23%), dance (22%), film (16%), TV (14%), recorded audio (14%), video games (2%) and circus (4%), among other sectors.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
24 July 2025
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“Madhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madhouse. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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