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Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.
madhouse
sanatorium
nuthouse
snake pit
Bedlam
booby hatch
crazy house
cuckoo's nest
funny farm
loony bin
Catalan
casa de boigs
Synonyms
Examples for "
madhouse
"
madhouse
sanatorium
nuthouse
snake pit
Bedlam
Examples for "
madhouse
"
1
It is a fireman mounting the great elm-tree in the
madhouse
yard.
2
But never mind that; one must keep one's temper in this
madhouse
.
3
The Bishop obeyed Christ's injunction and got locked up in a
madhouse
.
4
They took him to the
madhouse
,
and perhaps he is there still.
5
Finally two doctors visited me, and I was taken to a
madhouse
.
1
Tells of changes in the
sanatorium
,
which is run by new people.
2
Alix Petrova had to stop for a moment outside the
sanatorium
entrance.
3
Why do you think he was there in the
sanatorium
that day?
4
We need some one at the
sanatorium
to look after the office--
5
They are talking of making Buea into a
sanatorium
for the fever-stricken.
1
The attacks kept happening, though, and that's when I checked into the
nuthouse
.
2
Not everyone you meet in the
nuthouse
is nuts, you know.
3
The mother should've been in the
nuthouse
,
not the daughter.
4
He thought the
nuthouse
was a much better possibility.
5
Sophie glanced at Langdon, uncertain whether she'd stepped back in time or into a
nuthouse
.
1
The winner of a proxy contest was determined in the
snake
pit
.
2
They were about to roll into the middle of a
snake
pit
.
3
Into this
snake
pit
of lofty prospects arrives 'Mad Men's second-season launch.
4
Their weapons were as dead as mice in a
snake
pit
.
5
My God, what a fucking
snake
pit
this has turned out to be.
1
Oklahoma has defeated Oklahoma State five straight times in the
Bedlam
Series.
2
I need some information on the current whereabouts of the
Bedlam
Boys.
3
Arms were waving in the air, and the scene was like
Bedlam
.
4
No Mortal out of the depths of
Bedlam
but lives by Formulas.
5
So, what did you tell the
Bedlam
Boys, when they came calling?
1
They finally put him in the
booby
hatch
,
poor feller.
2
She said, Carry Mom to the
booby
hatch
'n
leave her on the steps, I guess.
3
They've even threatened to have him thrown in the
booby
hatch
just to get rid of him.
4
He had slipped down the
booby
hatch
into the big after-room and thence through the hallway to my room.
5
They sized him up as being just another of those inventor bugs and so sent him to the
booby
hatch
in Bellevue.
1
So they'll say he's crazy and put him in the
crazy
house
.
2
And by the way, I'm calling you from the
crazy
house
.
3
But I won't come in this fireman's
crazy
house
again in my lifetime!
4
Thomas had no problem leaving that
crazy
house
-
he
followed
Newt out and into the hall.
5
Then, "It's the
crazy
house
at the carnival," she said.
1
The blue jay now and then lays in an old crow's nest or
cuckoo
's
nest
.
2
But don't fly into the
cuckoo
's
nest
.
3
Remember the end of One Flew Over the
Cuckoo
's
Nest
?
4
Two years ago, it was Twelve Angry Men; last year One Flew Over the
Cuckoo
's
Nest
.
5
Kesey wrote other works and novels after
Cuckoo
's
Nest
,
but they never won the same praise.
1
And I think you're one step away from the
funny
farm
.
2
Could be, the gal'd been one of his nurses at the
funny
farm
.
3
Then you might fetch up in the
funny
farm
.
4
See you smart guys at the
funny
farm
.
5
And she has another surprise: The people who tell these stories aren't candidates for the
funny
farm
.
1
He hadn't explained, however, why the local
loony
bin
bore their name.
2
You going off to California, me going off to the
loony
bin
.
3
I swear to God, I was better off in the
loony
bin
!
4
Others just glare at me like I recently escaped from the
loony
bin
.
5
She wasn't going to call the
loony
bin
to come take him away.
1
But he didn't want to end up in the
nut
house
.
2
I dream I've been committed to a
nut
house
.
3
The staff says he is in a
nut
house
.
4
Delbert was in the
nut
house
with me.
5
You're gonna send me to a
nut
house
?
1
I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some
funny
houses
.
2
... And what a
funny
house
,
isn't it, with landscapes like that in it?
3
"This is an awfully
funny
house
,
"
she said to herself.
4
"How do you like my
funny
house
?
"
5
"It's rather a
funny
house
,
isn't it?"
6
"
Funny
house
,
"
he said laconically.
7
"What a
funny
house
!
"
funny
house
funny
Catalan
casa de boigs
gàbia de boigs
casa de bojos
Spanish
casa de locos