nuthouse

/ ˈnʌtˌhaʊs /

noun

1. slang.
   a mental hospital or asylum

Example Sentences

“Romeo and Juliet,” which had its North American premiere on Wednesday at the Ahmanson Theatre, combines the brooding sexual melancholy of “Spring Awakening” and the nuthouse authoritarianism of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Plus, I was homeschooling my own four kids. It was a nuthouse.”

From Washington Times

But we need his voice of reason in this nuthouse of a White House.

From New York Times

I don’t want to have too much time at the end for her to call the nuthouse or ask me how telling her makes me feel.

From Literature

Kelly wants to exit the nuthouse and he sees this as his best excuse, trumped-up though it is.

From New York Times

Related Words

• mental health facility
• mental health institution
• psychiatric hospital