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madhouse

noun as in place full of commotion and disorder

noun as in (older, offensive) residence for mentally ill people

Strongest match

Weak match

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With the tying run at second base and none out in the ninth inning, he was the calm in a screaming madhouse.

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Citizens Bank Park was a madhouse in Game 1, but the crowd for Game 2 was comparatively toned down.

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Tim O’Reilly, a media writer in Chicago, says that if he didn’t come to a streaming service with a title already in mind, the search would be a madhouse.

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It was a “chaotic madhouse,” per the actor, in which the kids would perform to stand out, but he was the only one to end up pursuing anything professionally.

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The kitchen turns into a madhouse with cooks working and waitresses fighting to get their orders out first, all while the floor is flooded with soda.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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