Madhouse

//ˈmædˌhaʊs//

Synonyms for "madhouse" (44 found)

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Translations

57 translations across 26 languages.

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Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • dəlixana noun (insane asylum)
  • dəlixana noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • лудница noun (insane asylum)

Catalan

2 entries
  • manicomi noun (insane asylum)
  • manicomi noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 瘋人院 /疯人院 noun (insane asylum)
  • 瘋人院 /疯人院 noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Danish

2 entries
  • galehus noun (insane asylum)
  • galehus noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Finnish

2 entries
  • hullujenhuone noun (insane asylum)
  • hullujenhuone noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Galician

2 entries
  • manicomio noun (insane asylum)
  • manicomio noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

German

4 entries
  • Irrenanstalt noun (insane asylum)
  • Irrenhaus noun (insane asylum)
  • Klapsmühle noun (insane asylum)
  • Tollhaus noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Greek

4 entries
  • μουρλοκομείο noun (insane asylum)
  • μουρλοκομείο noun (place resembling an insane asylum)
  • τρελάδικο noun (insane asylum)
  • τρελάδικο noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Ido

1 entries
  • dementerio noun (insane asylum)

Italian

3 entries
  • gabbia di matti noun (place resembling an insane asylum)
  • manicomio noun (insane asylum)
  • manicomio noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • лудница noun (insane asylum)

Malay

1 entries
  • suaka gila noun (insane asylum)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • galehus noun (insane asylum)
  • galehus noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • galehus noun (insane asylum)
  • galehus noun (place resembling an insane asylum)
  • galnehus noun (insane asylum)
  • galnehus noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Polish

4 entries
  • dom wariatów noun (insane asylum)
  • dom wariatów noun (place resembling an insane asylum)
  • psychiatryk noun (insane asylum)
  • szpital psychiatryczny noun (insane asylum)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • manicomio noun (place resembling an insane asylum)
  • manicómio noun (insane asylum)
  • manicômio noun (insane asylum)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਪਾਗਲਖਾਨਾ noun (insane asylum)

Romanian

1 entries
  • balamuc noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Russian

2 entries
  • дурдом noun (insane asylum)
  • дурдом noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • ludnica noun (insane asylum)

Spanish

2 entries
  • manicomio noun (insane asylum)
  • manicomio noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • kolera noun (insane asylum)

Swedish

2 entries
  • dårhus noun (insane asylum)
  • dårhus noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Turkish

2 entries
  • delihane noun (insane asylum)
  • delihane noun (place resembling an insane asylum)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • божеві́льня noun (insane asylum)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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It's a regular madhouse here.

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This place is like a madhouse!

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It's not a madhouse. It's a clinic for the mentally unstable.

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Tom landed in a madhouse.

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