'snake pit' definitions:
Definition of 'snake pit'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; [syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno]
noun
Pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit]
Synonyms of 'snake pit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- can of worms,
- Chinese puzzle,
- complex,
- Gordian knot,
- jungle,
- knot,
- labyrinth,
- maze,
- meander,
- mesh,
- mess,
- perplex,
- ravel,
- Rube Goldberg contraption,
- snafu,
- snarl,
- tangle,
- tangled skein,
- webwork,
- wheels within wheels,
- wilderness