madhouse
Scene of pandemonium
A madhouse is, historically, an institution for the mentally ill—now considered offensive in that sense.
The word survives primarily as a figurative term for any chaotic, disorderly place: It was a madhouse at the mall today.
The implication is noise, confusion, and people behaving erratically.
State of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- disorderAbsence of organization
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
disarray · havoc · tumult · commotion · uproar · circus · zoo · shambles
Facility for mental treatment
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
- wardProtected person; division
- mental hospitalPsychiatric inpatient facility
commitment · inmates · attendants · confinement · Victorian · reform · deinstitutionalization · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
pandemonium
State of utter confusion
confusion · disarray · havoc · tumult · commotion · uproar · circus · zoo · shambles · cacophony
psychiatric hospital
Facility for mental treatment
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
- wardProtected person; division
mental hospital · commitment · inmates · attendants · confinement · Victorian · reform · deinstitutionalization · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · straitjacket
hysteria
Uncontrollable emotional excess
hyperactivity · manic · feverish · frantic · hectic · overdrive · wild · intense · nonstop · exhausting
- chaos idiomsall hell breaks loose, pandemonium, circus, bedlam, three-ring circus
- commotioncommotion, clamor, brouhaha, bedlam, hullabaloo
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- dartsdart, darts, dartboard, bullseye, treble
- asylumsinsane asylum, lunatic asylum, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric facility
- psychiatric facilitiespsychiatric hospital, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric facility, psychiatric ward
madhouseorder
Methodical arrangement or request
calm · peace · tranquility · stillness · orderliness
madhousewellness center
Facility promoting physical wellbeing
spa · retreat · sanatorium · rehabilitation center · recovery center