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Bedlam

Bedlam Meaning & Definition
Bedlam Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bedlam?

[n] pejorative terms for an insane asylum
[n] a state of extreme confusion and disorder

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bedlam: booby hatch | chaos | crazy house | cuckoo's nest | funny farm | funny house | loony bin | madhouse | nut house | nuthouse | pandemonium | sanatorium | snake pit | topsy-turvydom | topsy-turvyness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bedlam: asylum | Babel | Bedlam let loose | blast | bobbery | brawl | brouhaha | bughouse | cacophony | chaos | charivari | chirm | clamor | clangor | clap | clatter | commotion | confusion | confusion of tongues | din | discord | donnybrook | drunken brawl | dustup | flap | fracas | free-for-all | hell | hell broke loose | howl | hubbub | hue and cry | hullabaloo | insane asylum | jangle | loud noise | lunatic asylum | madhouse | mental home | mental hospital | mental institution | noise | noise and shouting | nuthouse | outcry | padded cell | pandemonium | psychiatric ward | psychopathic hospital | racket | rattle | rhubarb | roar | row | ruckus | ruction | rumble | rumpus | shindy | shivaree | static | thunder | thunderclap | tintamarre | tumult | turmoil | uproar

See Also | asylum | balagan | confusion | insane asylum | institution | mental home | mental hospital | mental institution | psychiatric hospital

Bedlam In Webster's Dictionary

\Bed"lam\, n. [See {Bethlehem}.] 1. A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. --Abp. Tillotson. 2. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. [Obs.] Let's get the bedlam to lead him. --Shak. 3. Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.
\Bed"lam\, a. Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. ``The bedlam, brainsick duchess.'' --Shak.

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