Bedlam

What do we mean by bedlam?

A place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion. noun

An insane asylum. noun

capitalized The hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem in London, originally a priory, founded about 1247, but afterward used as an asylum for lunatics. noun

Hence A madhouse; a lunatic asylum. noun

A scene of wild uproar and confusion. noun

An inmate or a patient of Bethlehem Hospital, or Bedlam; specifically, one discharged as cured (though often only partially cured) and licensed to beg. noun

Hence In general, a madman; a lunatic. noun

Belonging to or fit for a bedlam or madhouse; mad; mentally deranged.

Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. adjective

A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. noun

An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. noun

Any place where uproar and confusion prevail. noun

A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails. noun

A state of extreme confusion and disorder noun

Pejorative terms for an insane asylum noun

A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.

An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.

A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.

Words that are spelled similarly to bedlam:
bedlam, belam, obedlam.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bedlam:
velocipede, goliath, lunatic, blunt, volta, cube, fringe, oklahoma, mutant, puzzle, warp, theo, asylum, mentally, improvised, ballroom, troupe, psychiatric, madness, rivalry, insane, paradise, slam, spiral, jenny, edinburgh, circus, mad, theatre, productions, aka, mars, fictional, jesse, wrestling, hamlet, venue, hospital, noise, mental, strange, hell, woods, ill, marvel, physician, acoustic, alpha, drummer, comics, baron, christopher, tribe, tom, patients, big, crowd, doctor, anthony, comic, powers, ride.

Words that rhyme with bedlam:
dead limb.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bedlam:
perfect, such, general, mystical, sheer, pure, complete, absolute, veritable, total, old, utter, regular, usual, world, modern, private, near, instant, happy, noisy, mere, real, very, melancholy, joyous, indescribable, vast, constant, roaring, controlled, wild, literary, bloody, strange, infernal, hideous, sudden, minor, like, loose, imperial, mad, outer, deafening, chaotic, awful, incessant, unrelieved, cosmic, raucous, savage, filthy, tiny, continuous, century, lit, ignoble, natured, untrammelled, frequent, extinct, maddening, legendary, architectural, lazy, frantic, apparent, magical, mild, frightful, hellish, societal, raging, resultant, infamous, virtual, day.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bedlam:
breaks, business, outside, spectacle, island, beggar, passions, chaos, element, reigns, beggars, fit, stuff, world, humour, inside, look, scene, conditions, uncapped, hours, night, frenzies, witch, heroes, roar, atmosphere, subside, college, bess, quality, jubilee, breaking, legislation, spring, storm, song, city, ensues, chorus, shrieks, monodrama, bursts, statuary.

Consonant match to bedlam:
birdlime, bird lime.

Words that sound like bedlam:
bedlam, bellum, belum, belam, belem, bedim, beadling, budlong, peddling, pedaling, bedouin, belen, beduin, bellen, bedless, bellon, balam, badam, ballam, bedan, beden, belang, bedon, birdlime, bedamn, hoodlum, pelham, pellum, battling, bedding, belling, budden, bottling, billon, piddling, belin, balaam, bellin, billen, bilan, behling, bulen, bed in, bdm, bottom, badly, bella, bedroom, bedtime, ballon, belgium, biden, bordom, bed time, bellamy, bela, bed room, baden, boden, balan, ballen, badley, belon, bolan, beldam, batum, betten, bolen, bollen, baylen, bidon, betley, bellah, beten, bluhm, be done, bodden, belamy, bodrum, bolon, boulden, balen, bodley, bellomy, bailon, bedlamite, ballan, belm, bohdan, balun, bawden, betton, bodian, bohlen, bedolla, baa-lamb, belah, badian, bodleian, bedims.