MADHOUSE

[noun] [C] [plural] madhouses [informal] - (disapproving) any place where there is a complete lack of order and control, or (dated or literary) a mental hospital(disapproving) With four small children running around, the place is a madhouse.(disapproving) Several planes were cancelled, there were passengers and baggage everywhere - the airport lounge was like a madhouse.(disapproving) He called government policy 'the economics of the madhouse'.