nuthouse

NOUN

booby hatch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mental health institution psychiatric hospital psychiatric ward

STRONG

mental home mental hospital mental institution

WEAK

bedlam bughouse funny farm laughing academy loony bin lunatic asylum madhouse padded cell rubber room sanatorium sanitarium snake pit

NOUN

funny farm

Synonyms

WEAK

bedlam booby hatch bughouse laughing academy loony bin lunatic asylum madhouse mental health institution mental home mental hospital mental institution padded cell psychiatric hospital psychiatric ward rubber room sanatorium sanitarium snake pit

NOUN

loony bin

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mental health facility mental health institution psychiatric hospital

STRONG

mental hospital mental institution psychiatric ward

WEAK

bedlam booby hatch bughouse funny farm insane asylum laughing academy lunatic asylum madhouse nut house padded cell psych ward rubber room sanatorium sanitarium snake pit

NOUN

mental hospital

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mental health facility psychiatric hospital

STRONG

mental institution psychiatric unit psychiatric ward sanitarium

WEAK

bughouse funny farm insane asylum loony bin madhouse psychopathic hospital sanatorium

Example Sentences

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“Plus, I was homeschooling my own four kids. It was a nuthouse.”

From Washington Times

Kelly wants to exit the nuthouse and he sees this as his best excuse, trumped-up though it is.

From New York Times

“When I got to Teen Challenge, I thought, ‘I’ve really hit the nuthouse.’”

From Washington Times

“When I got to Teen Challenge, I thought, ‘I’ve really hit the nuthouse.'”

From Seattle Times

It all happens for a reason and the more you sit around and worry about it… You’ll end up in the nuthouse.

From The Guardian