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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The bedlam accompanying the group’s distribution practices, aid workers say, was entirely predictable.—
Bilal Shbeir,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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Hand 103, Bethel, 102 ½. There was bedlam, Hand kids screaming and jumping and yelling and hugging each other.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Cottle himself would perform in the circuses as a clown and juggler.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2025
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Poop Cruise takes us back to 2013 when 4,000 passengers experienced pure chaos on the high seas and the media circus that followed.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
20 June 2025
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“Madhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madhouse. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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