as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind
bedlam ravings that suggest that the man is in need of some serious therapy
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as in madhouse
a place of uproar or confusion
there's no way I can get any reading done in this bedlam, so I'm going to the library
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Recent Examples of bedlam
Rafi Schwartz, The Week Us, theweek, 23 July 2024
And though the game didn’t disappoint — Argentina defeated Colombia 1-0 in extra time and Shakira entertained during the break — the bedlam left hundreds, perhaps thousands of fans with tickets, locked outside the ballpark.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 18 July 2024
Trump, in January, warned of bedlam in the country if the criminal charges against him succeeded.
—ABC News, 14 July 2024
When the final buzzer of the NBA season sounded last Monday, Nathaniel Butler zeroed in as bedlam broke out on the parquet floor at TD Garden.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 26 June 2024
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Despite its focus on catastrophic weather, the film carefully elides any mention of climate change and its real-world contributions to the meteorological bedlam described onscreen.
—Rafi Schwartz, The Week Us, theweek, 23 July 2024
And though the game didn’t disappoint — Argentina defeated Colombia 1-0 in extra time and Shakira entertained during the break — the bedlam left hundreds, perhaps thousands of fans with tickets, locked outside the ballpark.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 18 July 2024
Trump, in January, warned of bedlam in the country if the criminal charges against him succeeded.
—ABC News, 14 July 2024
When the final buzzer of the NBA season sounded last Monday, Nathaniel Butler zeroed in as bedlam broke out on the parquet floor at TD Garden.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 26 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedlam
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
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Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye Welcome to the madhouse.Vulture, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2022
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Life around the office, which included a basketball court and beer on tap, was a preview of the headquarters-as-madhouse ethos soon to dominate Silicon Valley.Alex Williams, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
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If Peacock’s premature attempt to document the Diddy debacle is any indication of the criminal trial to come, then Sean Combs is in for a hell of a media circus.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s all-caps reaction to Biden’s action shows why capital punishment is as inappropriate to a modern civilization as the Roman circuses that spilled blood for sport.Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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The elaborate choreography and colorful vision match Vincente Minnelli’s style but underneath carry a delirious energy equal to Ken Russell’s maddest visions of neurotic excess.Armond White, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
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Everton had many mad weeks under former owner Farhad Moshiri, but this one has rivalled them.Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The girl heard the sounds of a commotion coming from a bedroom and could hear her mother yelling and pleading, a detective wrote.Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2025
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Washington used a different kind of commotion to catch the Falcons slipping at the end of the game, as well.Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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Your voice is insane.Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023
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The Republican and right-wing reaction is just insane.Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
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Contrary to popular belief, peanuts are actually not nuts.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
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Nonetheless, April 5, 2022, was nuts.Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023
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“Bedlam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedlam. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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