About The Word Bedlam
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Bedlam
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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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