[n] pejorative terms for an insane asylum
[n] any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
Synonyms
Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, hell, hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, the pits