bedlam
Utter wild disorder
Bedlam is a scene of wild uproar and confusion: The classroom descended into bedlam when the teacher stepped out.
The word comes from Bethlem, a London psychiatric hospital notorious for its chaotic conditions.
Now it simply means any noisy, disorderly situation: It was absolute bedlam at the airport during the storm.
Loud persistent noise
- dinSustained unpleasant noise
- cacophonyHarsh, clashing sounds
- racketUproar, scam, or paddle
- ruckusNoisy, disruptive commotion
hubbub · roar · clangor · blare · tumult · outcry · shouting · screaming
State of utter confusion
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- havocWidespread destruction and chaos
- uproarNoisy public disturbance
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
commotion · confusion · anarchy · disorder · disarray · shambles · frenzy · madness
Chaotic, disordered place
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
- lunaticDeranged or irrational person
mental · ward · inmates · confinement · historical · London · sanatorium · incarceration
Extreme irrational foolishness
- insanitySevere mental illness
- derangementDisturbed mental state
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
hysteria · frenzy · craziness · wildness · unhinged · raving · distraction · senselessness
clamor
Loud persistent noise
ruckus · hubbub · roar · clangor · blare · tumult · outcry · shouting · screaming · bellowing
pandemonium
State of utter confusion
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- havocWidespread destruction and chaos
- uproarNoisy public disturbance
tumult · commotion · confusion · anarchy · disorder · disarray · shambles · frenzy · madness · riot
madhouse
Chaotic, disordered place
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
lunatic · mental · ward · inmates · confinement · historical · London · sanatorium · incarceration · commitment
lunacy
Extreme irrational foolishness
- insanitySevere mental illness
- derangementDisturbed mental state
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
mania · hysteria · frenzy · craziness · wildness · unhinged · raving · distraction · senselessness · irrationality
- chaoschaotic, pandemonium, turmoil, havoc, chaos
- chaos idiomsall hell breaks loose, pandemonium, madhouse, circus, three-ring circus
- commotioncommotion, clamor, brouhaha, hullabaloo, fuss
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- frenzyfrenzy, mania, hysteria, madness, fury
- panicpanic attack, alarm, terror, fright, hysteria
bedlamorder
Methodical arrangement or request
calm · peace · tranquility · orderliness · organization