snake pit

English Thesaurus

1. pejorative terms for an insane asylum (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital,
definition	:	a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person (noun.artifact)

2. any place of pain and turmoil (noun.location)

hypernym	:	part, region,
definition	:	the extended spatial location of something (noun.location)

derivation	:	infernal,
definition	:	characteristic of or resembling Hell (adj.pert)

derivation	:	infernal,
definition	:	characteristic of or resembling Hell (adj.pert)