snake pit

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noun

1. pejorative terms for an insane asylum
• Syn:
Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm,
funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium
• Hypernyms:
mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home,
insane asylum, asylum
2. any place of pain and turmoil
- the hell of battle
- the inferno of the engine room
- when you're alone Christmas is the pits
• Syn:
hell, hell on earth, hellhole, the pits, inferno
• Derivationally related forms:
infernal (for: inferno)
• Hypernyms:
region, part