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SNAKE PIT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pejorative terms for an insane asylumplay

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 turmoilplay

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...):

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

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