| Madhouse | n. 1. An house or institution where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam; -- usually used in a deprecatory sense. Syn. -- Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, insane asylum, loony bin, nuthouse, sanatorium. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Hence: (fig.) A chaotic, raucus or highly disordered situation. [ PJC ] |