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- Dictionarymadhouse/ˈmadhaʊs/
noun
- 1. a scene of extreme confusion or uproar: informal "this place is a madhouse"
- 2. an institution for the care of mentally ill people. historical
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MADHOUSE definition: 1. a place where there is no order and control: 2. a mental hospital 3. a place where there is no…. Learn more.
The meaning of MADHOUSE is an institution providing care to mentally ill individuals. How to use madhouse in a sentence.
a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons. a wild, confused, and often noisy place, set of circumstances, etc.: The office was a madhouse today. Synonyms: bedlam. madhouse.
MADHOUSE meaning: 1. a place where there is no order and control: 2. a mental hospital 3. a place where there is no…. Learn more.
1. often offensive. a hospital for the treatment of people with mental illnesses. 2. informal. a wild, confused, and often noisy place, set of circumstances, etc. The office was a madhouse today. SYNONYMS 2. bedlam, shambles. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
A madhouse is an old fashioned and derogatory word for a psychiatric hospital. It was once quite common to talk about mentally ill people being sent to the madhouse, but that would be offensive today.
madhouse. noun. /ˈmædhaʊs/ [usually singular] (informal) a place where there is noise and a lack of order. Don't work in that department; it's a madhouse. Want to learn more?
