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SNAKE PIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pejorative terms for an insane asylum
Synonyms:
Bedlam; booby hatch; crazy house; cuckoo's nest; funny farm; funny house; loony bin; madhouse; nut house; nuthouse; sanatorium; snake pit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("snake pit" is a kind of...):
asylum; insane asylum; institution; mental home; mental hospital; mental institution; psychiatric hospital (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any place of pain and turmoil
Example:
when you're alone Christmas is the pits
Synonyms:
hell; hell on earth; hellhole; inferno; snake pit; the pits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("snake pit" is a kind of...):
