fun house
Midway maze building
A fun house is an attraction at amusement parks and carnivals featuring a maze-like walkthrough with disorienting elements—distorting mirrors, tilted floors, spinning tunnels, and sudden air jets.
The experience is meant to amuse through mild confusion and surprise.
Figuratively, anything chaotic or surreal may be called a fun house: The hearing devolved into a fun house of contradictory testimony.
Equidistant from both ends
- sideshowSecondary carnival attraction
- fairgroundOutdoor amusement venue
- ticketsDocuments permitting entry
- prizesAwards for achievement
barkers · tents · attraction · entrance · walkthrough · dark ride · amusement park · boardwalk
Occupied by ghosts
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- jump scareAbrupt frightening moment
strobe lights · fog machine · cobwebs · skeletons · ghouls · screams · darkness · shadows
Misshapen from original form
- warpedBent out of true
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- elongatedStretched beyond usual dimensions
- squatCrouching on bent legs
wavy · curved · convex · concave · stretched · squeezed · bulging · rippled
Laughing in short bursts
- shriekingEmitting shrill, loud cries
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
amusement · thrill · giddiness · excitement · nervous laughter · whooping · squealing · startled
Intricate passage network
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- dead-endPassage without exit
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- turnRotational movement
winding · navigation · lost · disorientation · barrel roll · trap door · hidden passage · escape
midway
Equidistant from both ends
- sideshowSecondary carnival attraction
- fairgroundOutdoor amusement venue
- ticketsDocuments permitting entry
prizes · barkers · tents · attraction · entrance · walkthrough · dark ride · amusement park · boardwalk · pier
haunted
Occupied by ghosts
jump scare · strobe lights · fog machine · cobwebs · skeletons · ghouls · screams · darkness · shadows · animatronics
distorted
Misshapen from original form
- warpedBent out of true
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- elongatedStretched beyond usual dimensions
squat · wavy · curved · convex · concave · stretched · squeezed · bulging · rippled · optical illusion
giggling
Laughing in short bursts
- shriekingEmitting shrill, loud cries
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
delight · amusement · thrill · giddiness · excitement · nervous laughter · whooping · squealing · startled · joyful
labyrinth
Intricate passage network
turn · winding · navigation · lost · disorientation · barrel roll · trap door · hidden passage · escape · entrance
- county fairferris wheel, cotton candy, carousel, funnel cake, corn dogs
- fairgroundferris wheel, carousel, bumper cars, roller coaster, merry-go-round
- carnival ridesFerris wheel, carousel, bumper cars, merry-go-round, tilt-a-whirl
- roadside attractionsCadillac Ranch, mystery spot, gravity hill, dinosaur park, Thing
- traveling showstraveling troupe, roadshow, road show, circus, vaudeville
- attractionszoo, museum, theme park, amusement park, water park
fun houseroller coaster
Track with dramatic plunges
thrill ride · ferris wheel · bumper cars · water slide · carousel
fun housewaiting room
Space for anticipating service
DMV · torture chamber · office building · haunted house · house of horrors
fun housefuneral home
Facility for death services
morgue · mausoleum · courthouse · prison · hospital