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Snake Pit (Noun)

Meaning 1

Any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits".

Classification

Nouns denoting spatial position.

Examples

  • The hospital's emergency room was a snake pit on Friday nights when all the drunks and partygoers came in.
  • After the company's financial collapse, the office became a snake pit of backstabbing and finger-pointing.
  • The refugee camp was a snake pit of despair and desperation, with little hope of escape.
  • Her marriage had become a snake pit of resentment and anger, with no way out.
  • The war zone was a snake pit of chaos and destruction, where death lurked around every corner.

Synonyms

  • Hell On Earth
  • Hell
  • Hellhole
  • Inferno
  • The Pits

Hypernyms

  • Region
  • Part

Meaning 2

Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Examples

  • The local hospital's psychiatric ward was notorious for being a snake pit where patients were often neglected and mistreated.
  • The new documentary exposed the deplorable conditions of the old asylum, a snake pit where patients were subjected to inhumane treatments.
  • The term snake pit was often used to describe the overcrowded and understaffed mental institution on the outskirts of town.
  • In the 1950s, the snake pit at Willow Creek was the stuff of local legend, a place where the insane were locked away and forgotten.
  • The whistleblower's testimony revealed the snake pit conditions at the psychiatric hospital, where patients were often left to fend for themselves.

Synonyms

  • Madhouse
  • Nut House
  • Funny Farm
  • Booby Hatch
  • Loony Bin
  • Bedlam
  • Funny House
  • Crazy House
  • Sanatorium
  • Cuckoo's Nest
  • Nuthouse

Hypernyms

  • Mental Home
  • Insane Asylum
  • Mental Hospital
  • Institution
  • Asylum
  • Psychiatric Hospital
  • Mental Institution
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