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noun
- 1. a home or hospital for people with mental illnesses. informal
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NUTHOUSE definition: 1. an offensive word for a psychiatric hospital (= a hospital that treats patients with mental…. Learn more.
Definition of nuthouse noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of nuthouse. noun. pejorative terms for an insane asylum. synonyms: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, sanatorium, snake pit. see more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of NUTHOUSE. [count] US, informal + old-fashioned. : a hospital for people who are mentally ill — usually used figuratively. This office is a nuthouse. [=a place where there is a lot of confusion, disorganization, etc.]
Define nuthouse. nuthouse synonyms, nuthouse pronunciation, nuthouse translation, English dictionary definition of nuthouse. n slang a mental hospital or asylum Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998,...
noun. An institution for hospitalizing the mentally ill. Webster's New World. (informal, often derogatory) A lunatic asylum. That guy is totally crazy; he belongs in a nuthouse. Wiktionary. Synonyms: loony-bin. funny house. funny-farm. bedlam. cuckoo's nest. crazy-house. booby-hatch. snake-pit. sanatorium. nut house. madhouse.
