madhouse
/ˈmædhaʊs/noun
उच्चारण मैड्हाउस
हंगामे वाली जगह, अफ़रा-तफ़री का स्थान
Core word
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[C, usually sing.] informal
a place where there is a lot of noise, confusion and activity
हंगामे वाली जगह, अफ़रा-तफ़री का स्थान
- The railway station was a madhouse on the day before Diwali.
- With five children at home, the place is a madhouse.
- The office was a madhouse on the last day of the financial year.
+ 2 more examples
- The market turns into a madhouse just before the wedding season.
- It was a madhouse backstage before the school's annual show.
Synonyms bedlam chaos pandemonium uproar mayhem
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[C] old-fashioned, offensive
a hospital for people with mental illnesses
(पुराना, अपमानजनक) पागलखाना
- In the novel, she is locked away in a madhouse.
- In the old days, people who were ill in the mind were sent to a madhouse.
Synonyms asylum
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
a madhouse (countable noun, informal)
In everyday use a madhouse is a place or time of wild noise, confusion and activity; this figurative sense is by far the most common today.
आज रोज़मर्रा में 'madhouse' का अर्थ ऐसा स्थान या समय है जहाँ बहुत शोर, अव्यवस्था और भागदौड़ हो; यही आलंकारिक अर्थ सबसे अधिक प्रचलित है।
- The railway station was a madhouse on the day of the festival.
- Our kitchen is a madhouse at breakfast time.
It's a madhouse in / at + place or time
Use in with a place and at with a time to say where or when the confusion happens.
स्थान बताने के लिए 'in' और समय बताने के लिए 'at' का प्रयोग होता है, जहाँ अव्यवस्था होती है।
- It is a madhouse in the market before Diwali.
- It is a madhouse at the bank on the first of the month.
madhouse as a dated word for a hospital
The old meaning, a hospital for mentally ill people, is now offensive and out of date; use psychiatric hospital instead.
इसका पुराना अर्थ, मानसिक रोगियों का अस्पताल, अब आपत्तिजनक और अप्रचलित है; उसके लिए 'psychiatric hospital' लिखें।
- In older novels, a madhouse often means an asylum.
- Today we say psychiatric hospital, not madhouse.
+Collocations 4
adjective + madhouse
completetotalabsolutenoisycrowded
- The exam hall gate was a complete madhouse at nine o'clock.
verb + madhouse
turn intobecomefeel likelook likerun
- The school canteen turns into a madhouse at lunch break.
madhouse + time/place
on match dayat rush hourin the salesbefore the examsduring the wedding season
- The roads are a madhouse at rush hour.
noun + madhouse
officehomestationairportmarket
- The market is a madhouse during the Holi sale.
“More examples 5
- The ticket counter was a madhouse as soon as the match was announced.
मैच की घोषणा होते ही टिकट काउंटर पर भारी अव्यवस्था और भीड़ हो गई।
- With five children and two dogs, her house is a madhouse every morning.
पाँच बच्चों और दो कुत्तों के साथ उसका घर हर सुबह हड़कंप का अड्डा बन जाता है।
- It was a madhouse in the office on the last day of the financial year.
वित्तीय वर्ष के अंतिम दिन कार्यालय में भारी अफरा-तफरी थी।
- The bus stand turned into a madhouse when the rain started.
बारिश शुरू होते ही बस अड्डे पर अफरा-तफरी मच गई।
- Radhika said the results day was a madhouse on the college website.
राधिका ने कहा कि परिणाम के दिन कॉलेज की वेबसाइट पर बहुत भीड़ और गड़बड़ी थी।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words describe noisy, disorderly scenes, but they differ in strength and in what they refer to.
ये शब्द शोरगुल भरे, अव्यवस्थित दृश्यों का वर्णन करते हैं, पर तीव्रता और संदर्भ में भिन्न हैं।
Informal; a lively, noisy and confusing place or time.
अनौपचारिक; शोर और भ्रम से भरा स्थान या समय।
- The station was a madhouse.
A neutral, wider word for complete disorder, often with serious effects.
पूरी अव्यवस्था के लिए अधिक तटस्थ और व्यापक शब्द, जिसके प्रायः गंभीर परिणाम होते हैं।
- Floods caused chaos on the roads.
Literary or informal; wild uproar, close in meaning to madhouse.
साहित्यिक या अनौपचारिक; भीषण हंगामा, 'madhouse' के काफी निकट।
- Bedlam broke out when the lights went off.