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A state of uproar and confusion
“But somehow none of them expected that to happen, not after all the confused shouting and general bedlam which had followed those predawn bugle calls.”
A scene or place of extreme confusion or uproar
“The silence unnerved him, especially after the chaotic bedlam he'd just left, and the sheer stillness sparked a bolt of anxiety to rip through him.”
A confused, complicated or disordered state
“It's easy to give up and to accept the bedlam that has become our culture.”
(obsolete) An institution for the care of people who are mentally ill
“But if any man should profess to believe these things, and yet allow himself in any known wickedness, such a one should be put into bedlam.”
(obsolete) An insane person
“The people, therefore, of the fair, made a great gazing upon them: some said they were fools, some they were bedlams, and some they are outlandish men.”
Not having a sound state of mind
“Mr. Wood's critical caliber is shown in his remarks on T.S. Eliot, whose poetry he describes as brainless and no more than any bedlam raving.”
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