| NOUN | state | bedlam, chaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness | a state of extreme / extreme confusion and disorder |
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| artifact | Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
| Sounds | beh'dlahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | A state of extreme / extreme confusion and disorder. | |
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| Synonyms | chaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness | |
| Narrower | balagan | A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian) |
| Broader | confusion | disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably |
| Spanish | caos, confusión, desbarajuste, desconcierto, pandemonio | |
| Catalan | caos, confusió, desconcert, desori | |
| Meaning | pejorative terms for an insane asylum. | |
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| Synonyms | booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit | |
| Broader | mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum | A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
| Spanish | casa de locos, crazy house, gallinero, loquera, manicomio | |
| Catalan | casa de boigs, casa de bojos, crazy house, gàbia de boigs | |
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